ALM​/Derivatives Associate

About the Job:

This role will support the Derivatives Management and Asset Liability Management (ALM) division of the Public Investment department, with a focus on spread lending, annuity product ALM, and hedging programs.

• Perform ALM analysis for spread lending and annuity products, including duration, key rate duration, and cash flow assessments used to inform investment decisions.
• Develop recommendations for ALM activity and repositioning to drive value for annuity products and spread lending program.
• Assist with derivative strategy analysis and execution support, and develop knowledge and skill set to execute derivative transactions.
• Provide modeling and analytical support related to portfolio assets and liabilities, including private and structured assets.
• Partner effectively with portfolio managers, traders, actuaries, accountants, and other stakeholders involved in product and portfolio management.
• Maintain a high level of attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and ownership in delivering accurate analysis for investment decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, actuarial science, or a related field required.
• CFA designation (or progress towards) or master’s degree preferred.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in asset allocation, annuity product ALM, derivative execution support, private asset modeling, or related investment analytics roles.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to work with complex data, build insightful analyses, and translate results into clear investment implications.
• Experience with Bloomberg, Aladdin, SQL, Python, and/or Snowflake is beneficial.
• Strong investment and finance background and passion, with a willingness to ask thoughtful questions and an ability to work collaboratively.
• Demonstrates initiative, motivation, and good judgment.
• Works well independently, while promoting and contributing to a strong team dynamic.
• High ethical and professional standards.

• Adaptive Communication: Formulates strategies to be used to convey complex information about services, products, systems, or processes to targeted audiences; communicates and liaises between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Attention to Detail: Focuses on specific details to spot and correct errors in advance of them being found and surpass quality expectations. Performs work with thorough proofreading for presentation, content, accuracy, and overall quality.
• Cross Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals.
• Financial Market Monitoring: Consistently tracks and analyzes financial market data and news, evaluates trends and events that may impact investment portfolios or financial decisions, and makes informed decisions based on this information. Stays up to date on economic indicators, market news, and global events, and understands how they relate to investment opportunities and risks.
• Industry Knowledge: Demonstrates extensive knowledge of common practices, regulatory considerations, market trends and the competitive landscape within a particular industry / sector to better understand and address unique client requirements, challenges, and context.
• Storytelling through Data: Communicates insights and opportunities from a dataset, using narratives, visualizations, and analysis.

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