Portfolio Analyst (Core Bond Team)
Portfolio Analyst (Core Bond) on Premier Investment Team (Los Angeles)
A leading corporate credit investment team is seeking a Portfolio Analyst. This opportunity offers the chance to work directly with a highly regarded Portfolio Manager, a flexible investment mandate, and significant upside potential.
The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial mindset, a genuine interest in investing, and excellent communication skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the portfolio management team with a focus on ongoing portfolio oversight, including cash management, duration positioning, sector allocation, yield objectives, and thematic implementation aligned with firm and team perspectives.
- Take an active role in executing trades and conducting compliance reviews for new issues, secondary market transactions, and daily inflows/outflows.
- Partner closely with research analysts to identify, evaluate, and track credit opportunities, and work with traders to facilitate the execution of investment ideas.
- Oversee performance attribution and deliver detailed analyses to internal and external stakeholders, highlighting key drivers of relative performance across Core Bond strategies.
- Build, enhance, and maintain analytical models and monitoring tools that strengthen the portfolio management process.
Qualifications
- Demonstrates initiative, accountability, meticulous attention to detail, and a consistently positive, self-driven mindset.
- Approaches investing with curiosity and brings strong critical‑thinking and problem‑solving capabilities.
- Possesses robust analytical and quantitative abilities, including advanced proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with data visualization platforms such as Tableau is an added advantage.
- Highly organized and proactive, with the ability to evaluate existing processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Communicates effectively and thrives in a collaborative environment, maintaining a committed, "roll‑up‑your‑sleeves" attitude.
- Ideally brings three to seven years of relevant, hands-on experience.
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