Position Overview
Analytics Consultants act as trusted advisors to our clients across the region and have responsibility for managing the associated client relationships. Consultants look to develop deep linkages with our clients and help clients make best usage of our products in the context of their investment or risk process and their business goals. The individual will be responsible for supporting a suite of our Analytics Products. This will involve sharing best practices, explaining risk models applied to multi asset class portfolios and partnering with the sales team to provide expertise in client engagements and pre-sales activities. Successful candidates will have a thorough knowledge (or a strong drive to learn) of market risk measurement and management, pricing and valuation of asset types (including equity, fixed income, commodities, and derivatives), highly quantitative skills and an ability to guide institutional clients to better use our products for assessing risks and making investment decisions. The successful candidate must be adaptable, able to lead efforts to solve clients' problems.
Scope of Responsibility
· Manage relationships within our analytics client base; implement strategic plans to ensure client retention.
· Proactively engage with clients and provide Best Practices guidance on risk measurement and management.
· Identify opportunities to increase client usage of our products and identify new users. Work closely with the sales team on potential sales opportunities. Assist in campaigns on new product placement.
· Proactively engage with clients to keep them informed of our product roadmap with a view on how our development efforts will help them achieve their business goals; proactively solicit client feedback regarding future product development. Work with internal functional teams to ensure that all clients requests / inquiries are managed appropriately.
· Respond to detailed client enquiries about methodologies and analytics, hold advanced client trainings / workshops; present in seminars Maintain and communicate accurate records regarding client interaction activities Frequent on-site client visits that may involve overseas travel Specific.
Specific Knowledge/Skills
· Very strong analytical skills in regard to simulation techniques for risk management, factor modelling, portfolio management and performance attribution; experience with Barra or RiskMetrics models and software a plus.
· Deep understanding of global financial markets, including modeling and pricing of different asset types in the fixed income, equities, commodities, and credit markets and their derivatives
· Knowledge of the main European regulatory frameworks for asset managers and banks
· Superior communication and time management skills.
· Good command of English; any other European language a distinctive advantage.
Desired Experience
Previous experience (or exposure) in risk management/quantitative finance, working closely with investment decision making teams.
Desired Qualifications
MSc required ideally from finance/engineering/mathematical background.
Due to the great number of applications we receive for each of our open vacancies, we are unable to respond on an individual basis.
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