Job Description
Investment Analyst Role
Join our team as an Investment Analyst and contribute to the management of Ireland's largest multi-asset funds, with a focus on developing and using qualitative and quantitative fund management techniques to create customised investment solutions for clients.
As an Investment Analyst, you will be responsible for analysing and providing commentary on fund performance, developing and using a range of fund management techniques, and collaborating with single asset class specialists to apply top-down investment insights to multi-asset class portfolios.
You will also contribute to idea generation across equities, fixed income, currencies, and alternatives, and support the on-going product development agenda within the team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Analysing and providing commentary on fund performance across our multi-asset funds
- Developing and using a range of qualitative and quantitative fund management techniques to develop customised investment solutions for clients
- Applying top-down investment insights to multi-asset class portfolios in collaboration with single asset class specialists
- Contributing to idea generation across equities, fixed income, currencies, and alternatives
- Supporting the on-going product development agenda within the team
Requirements:
- 1-3 years' experience in investment management or a related field
- Interest in investment markets and the investment industry
- Strong academic record in a quantitative field such as finance, economics, computer science, physics, or similar
- Desire to undertake (or currently undertaking) the CFA or a similar professional qualification
- Analytical and quick to learn
- Hardworking with a drive for achieving results
- Good problem solver with ability to demonstrate thinking process
- Great communicator with ability to work both as part of a team and independently
- Ambitious and inquisitive with a strong attention to detail
About Irish Life Investment Managers:
- Irish Life Investment Managers is an investment firm authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland
- The firm manages assets of circa €110bn on behalf of a diverse range of institutional clients
- The company is part of the Great West Lifeco group of companies
Irish Life Investment Managers is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to creating an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential.