Portfolio Construction & Risk Analyst

Location: Greater London

## Portfolio Construction & Risk Analyst Apply locations:
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Hong Kong Office time type:
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August 21, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
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** About the Opportunity
** Job Type: Permanent Application
** Title
* * Portfolio Construction & Risk Analyst
** Department
* * Portfolio Construction & Risk
** Location
* * London or Hong Kong
** Reports To
** Global Head of Portfolio Construction & Risk Multi-Asset, Fixed Income and Real Estate
** Level
* * Level 5 (Manager)
We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we.  We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.

As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and  would  welcome  a  conversation  with  you  if  you  feel  you  might  benefit  from  any  reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.
** About your team
** The Portfolio Construction & Risk team sits within FIL’s cross-asset investment platform, supporting investment teams across Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Real Estate. The team leads first-line investment risk oversight, partnering with Portfolio Managers, CIOs and investment teams on portfolio construction, analytics, governance and risk challenge. It contributes to key forums including Quarterly Fund Reviews, CIO risk discussions and investment governance meetings.

As data, technology and AI become increasingly important to investment decision-making, the team is strengthening its ability to build scalable analytical tools, manage large datasets, automate analysis and deliver timely, decision-useful portfolio insights.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-impact team at the intersection of investments, risk and portfolio construction. You will gain exposure to senior investors, contribute to important strategic initiatives, and help shape the tools, frameworks and insights that support better investment decisions across FIL.
** About your role
** This role supports the Portfolio Construction & Risk team’s growing remit across investment risk, analytics and data infrastructure, with a particular focus on systematic and quantitatively driven strategies. It is suited to someone with strong programming and data engineering skills who wants to apply them in a first-line investment risk environment. You will build tools, automate analysis and work with large datasets to deliver clear insights to Portfolio Managers, CIOs and senior stakeholders.

You will also help the team understand the drivers of risk, return and portfolio construction model behaviour across different market environments. Core platforms include Python, Snowflake, third-party risk systems and emerging AI tools.
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* Key responsibilities:

*** Deliver portfolio analytics, risk oversight and construction advice across Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and systematic strategies.
* Assess factor exposures, model behaviour, drawdowns, diversification and risk-adjusted outcomes.
* Build and maintain analytical tools in Python, applying reusable code, testing, version control and automation.
* Query and analyse large datasets, including holdings, transactions, risk model outputs, benchmarks and market data, using Snowflake.
* Support Quarterly Fund Reviews and governance forums, presenting portfolio risks clearly to stakeholders.
* Respond to analytical requests from Portfolio Managers, CIOs and clients.
* Conduct quantitative research to support portfolio construction decisions.
* Apply AI and automation, including agentic and LLM-based workflows, to research, reporting and code generation, while…