Senior Multi-asset Analyst

Description:

Irish Life is one of Ireland’s largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets serving over 1.3 million people. For over 80 years, we’ve helped people in Ireland embrace change and build better financial futures through innovative products and a dedication to customer care.
Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM), supports Equal Opportunity and is the investment management company within the Great West Lifeco, manages assets of circa €100bn and provides fund management services to a large domestic and multi-national client base. We provide investment products to both institutional and retail clients, offering a full range of indexed, active and multi-asset fund management products

ILIM has an exciting new permanent role for an enthusiastic candidate to work as a Senior Multi-Asset Analyst within the Multi-Asset Solutions Team. This team is responsible for the development of multi-asset and structured investment solutions for ILIM’s Retail and Institutional clients, with direct responsibility for over €15bn in assets.

The role will be Dublin based and will be in a hybrid environment with some days in the office and some remote.
This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing, dynamic multi-disciplined team and contribute to the management of Ireland’s largest multi-asset funds.

Reporting to a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Multi Asset Solutions Team the role will involve:

• Contributing to idea generation across equities, fixed income, currencies and alternatives
• Applying original top-down investment insights to multi-asset class portfolios in collaboration with single asset class specialists
• Maintaining and enhancing a number of proprietary quantitative tools used to assist our investment decisions
• Developing and maintaining systems to support the ongoing management of existing discretionary portfolios
• Collaborating with the wider Fund Management Teams in relation to the on-going product development agenda
• Providing insightful commentary on fund performance
• Undertaking new and explorative quantitative and qualitative studies and analysis to enhance fund performance and new strategy development
• Interacting with client and sales teams to support business development opportunities

A third level degree and/or post graduate qualification in a numerical discipline such as Quantitative Economics/Finance, Actuarial Science, Econometrics, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analysis or Engineering

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of mathematical modelling, statistical inference and econometrics
• Knowledge and exposure to various asset classes including Equity, Bonds, FX and Equity Options
• Can demonstrate the ability to successfully communicate complex material in a clear and coherent fashion to both internal and external parties
• Proven ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented collaborative environment
• Has experience of multitasking and effectively co-ordinating priorities, tasks and resources to achieve favourable outcomes on time and budget
• Ability to respect deadlines and to set realistic timescales for all the tasks and projects at hand