Senior Investment Professional - Private Placement

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

28d

About The Position

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. Nationwide’s vision is to be the most trusted, most caring and most customer-focused protection company. We exist to protect people, businesses and futures with extraordinary care. The Nationwide Investments team manages approximately $130 billion and strives to combine client focus, investment discipline and teamwork to deliver superior results. The Nationwide Investments Private Placements Team is a dedicated group of experienced investment professionals focused on delivering superior investment results to our clients. This begins with our people and values which emphasize a positive culture and team dynamic that facilitate optimal relative value decision-making. As a key contributor to the Private Placements team’s efforts, the Senior Investment Professional will focus primarily on supporting the process of evaluating and recommending privately placed debt transactions as well as monitoring portfolio securities across a variety of sectors. The Nationwide Investments Structured Products Team is a dedicated group of experienced investment professionals focused on delivering superior investment results to our clients. This role may have people leader responsibilities. As a potential people leader, you may also be responsible for the overall performance of the team, as well as management of individual associates. We value our associates by providing a collaborative environment, setting clear expectations, and providing the necessary feedback to develop and motivate associates to perform at a high level. Focus is on development of associate technical and behavioral skills, innovation and career development. (May be an individual contributor recognized at the highest level of technical expertise)

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree; Advanced degree and/or CFA desirable
8 to 12 years of investment experience
Solid understanding of fixed income and financial concepts
Understanding of economics and capital markets
Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
High energy, positive attitude, collaborative and team oriented
Composed and decisive under pressure or when challenged
Driven, self-motivated, and intellectually inquisitive
Creative, organized, responsive, and detail oriented
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to build constructive and effective relationships
Intermediate to advanced skills with Excel and other Office applications
General understanding of technology including databases and other data analysis applications
Proficiency with fixed income analytics applications
Demonstrates ability to lead and/or influence people and/or strategic initiatives

Responsibilities

Portfolio Manager responsible for research, trading and portfolio management activities.
Identification of executable and suitable market opportunities.
Transaction analysis including participants, credit, borrower, structure, deal documents and relative value scenario analysis.
Portfolio surveillance including identification of emerging investment risks, and development and implementation of successful risk mitigation actions.
Portfolio performance attribution analysis.
Perform ad-hoc projects, reporting and analysis as requested.
Collaborate with other departments regarding relative value, sector analysis, asset class dynamics and portfolio.
Drives the creation of streamlined reporting and portfolio reports as needed.
Leads data management and maintenance.
May have people leader responsibilities.
May perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire