Senior Analyst, Performance & Attribution

Fidelity Investments • Westlake, TX

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About The Position

The Senior Performance and Attribution Analyst supports investment performance reporting, attribution, and competitor analytics for a broad range of Fidelity portfolios. The analyst partners with investment staff and senior leaders to address complex questions about performance results, attribution drivers, and competitive positioning. The role collaborates with internal teams, including index, accounting, and advisor teams, as well as external data providers, to ensure performance and competitor insights are accurate, consistent, and meaningful.

The analyst supports new product development, including alternative investment products, by working with advisors and investment product teams to ensure performance and attribution requirements are met for new strategies. The role also works with technology teams and business partners to define requirements for product launches and fund structure changes, so investment strategies are represented accurately in Performance and Attribution platforms.

The Performance, Attribution & Product Disclosure team supports Fidelity advisors and investment staff with performance, attribution, and competitor analytics. The team monitors portfolio, index, and third-party data and validates portfolio-level performance, attribution results, and competitor peer-group rankings. Analysts review fund- and holdings-level activity and produce daily, periodic, and ad hoc reports that decompose portfolio returns on an absolute, relative, and peer basis. These insights support internal reporting, Board of Trustees materials, marketing deliverables, and portfolio management discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of financial services experience.
• Knowledge of investment performance and attribution methodologies, multi-asset-class investment strategies, and a broad range of investment instruments, including ETFs and derivatives, as well as asset allocation and portfolio construction.
• Working knowledge of trading, pricing, and accounting practices.
• Deep market knowledge and experience with investment performance computations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative problem-solving skills and ability to manage expectations of high-profile business partners.
• Ability to collaborate with team members, lead team discussions, and present operational improvement ideas.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• At least 3 years of experience in a fund accounting or performance-related environment.
• Knowledge of alternative investment products, including digital assets, private markets, hedge fund strategies, and liquid alternatives, and related performance measurement and attribution methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely investment performance and attribution reporting to Fidelity advisors, investment teams, and senior leaders.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret portfolio and relative results using performance, attribution, and competitor metrics, including allocation, selection, and market effects for traditional and non-traditional product structures.
• Help develop and enhance performance measurement and attribution methodologies for alternative investments.
• Create customized analyses in response to ad hoc inquiries from portfolio managers and senior leaders.
• Analyze relative performance versus benchmarks and peers, answer reporting questions, and help business partners understand competitive positioning and emerging methodologies.
• Address complex requests, challenge requests when appropriate, propose alternative solutions, and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with investment staff, index and accounting teams, advisors, external data providers, technology teams, and investment product teams.
• Support new product development and fund structure changes by defining requirements and ensuring performance and attribution needs are met.
• Monitor portfolio, index, and third-party data; validate portfolio-level performance, attribution results, and competitor peer-group rankings.
• Review fund- and holdings-level activity and produce daily, monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc performance and attribution reports.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior