Director Portfolio Analytics

• Location: South Bay, California
• $200000 - $250000 base salary
• Remote: Remote
• Type: Direct Hire
• Job #954
• Salary: $200,000.00

An alternative investment managing firm focused on private equity, credit, and real estate is seeking a Director, Portfolio Analytics. This position will spearhead all portfolio analytics including portfolio projections, exposures, and performance in support of all facets of the portfolio management function, as well as in response to investor reporting requests. The Principal will work with portfolio managers, as well as members of the investment team, risk management teams, Fund Controllers, and finance teams.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and report on investment activity across portfolio in support of the investment function
• Generate portfolio forecasts of cash flow, income, and performance
• Provide support for weekly, monthly & quarterly portfolio monitoring process and ongoing analytics to track the strategic asset allocation, performance, and attribution
• Monitor reported investment numbers to flag performance, modeling issues, and data inconsistency and articulate remediation solutions
• Develop analytic tools and create datasets that provide customized client/investor reporting for both internal and external distribution
• Identify and implement data/process enhancements (VBA, Python, advanced Excel, etc.)
• Assist the team with additional ad hoc projects and requests as needed

Qualifications:

• At the minimum, Bachelor’s degree in sciences, math, engineering, or economics
• MBA, Advanced degree in quantitative finance, and/or CFA preferred
• 8+ years of professional experience in finance
• Thorough knowledge of broader fixed-income markets, specifically US
• Familiarity with portfolio management and analytic functions across illiquid asset classes including private equity, private debt, and real assets
• Strong working knowledge of various inputs to the investment process, including but not exclusive to portfolio management, research, trading, and risk.
• Strong understanding of quantitative credit methodologies and credit analytics 
• Entrepreneurial mindset for analyzing data and proven success for adding value to the portfolio management processes