The opportunity
The Investment Risk and Quantitative Analytics (IRQA) team’s primary role is to monitor all the investments undertaken by portfolio managers within public markets in Manulife Investment Management, this includes equities, fixed income and multi asset solutions portfolios. In addition, the team partners with the portfolio managers to provide quantitative support to investment teams. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with strong quantitative background and deep interest and understanding of financials markets. The individual will take a leadership role in our coverage of Asian funds.
Responsibilities
- Form a part of a global risk management team and act as the leading analyst for our Asian coverage
- Understand and evaluate portfolio managers’ investment process and ensure it is consistently applied
- Participate in client pitches
- Lead the ongoing development of risk management processes in Asia
- Support Global Head of investment risk in their oversight responsibilities
- Actively participate in Portfolio Construction evaluations, assisting the rest of the team in creating value adding tools
- Discuss and present results of portfolio analysis
- Provide risk feedback to portfolio managers, act as a partner to teams
- Support the daily activities of the team including daily risk analysis and reporting
How will you create impact?
This is an important role within our team, ensuring that all portfolios are managed consistent with their investment process.
What motivates you?
- You are a problem solver, looking for innovative solution
- You enjoy using your quantitative skills to answer to complex questions
- You are curious, thrive to understand reasons behind positions and investment decisions
- You can be self-reliant, work independently and have a high level of attention to detail
- You are capable of good time management and be able to work under tight time schedules
- You ask questions
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
- You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
- You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.
What we are looking for
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a quantitative field with an asset manager or financial institution
- Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong knowledge of financials markets especially on Asian markets
- Strong Knowledge of different risk models and measures and their strengths and weaknesses
- Previous experience in using Bloomberg PORT, BarraOne, FactSet,etc
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Engineering as a minimum.
- Experience in visualization tools such as Tableau and PowerBI.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong knowledge in Microsoft Office applications and a programming language (such as R, SQL, VBA)
- Familiarity with complex derivatives is a plus
