Asset Management - MAS Investment Specialist - Executive Director

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Category:
Client Advisory

Job Schedule:

Full time

Posted Date: T19:59:36+00:00

Job Shift: Day

Base Pay/Salary:
New York,NY $-$

Investment Specialists play a lead role in client service, business retention, product strategy, and portfolio oversight across our Multi-Asset Solutions platform. We are seeking a senior Investment Specialist for our U.S. Institutional business to support a number of strategies, service a book of existing clients, and ensure the highest standards of client satisfaction across client segments including public and corporate defined benefit plans, health care networks, Taft-Hartley plans, insurance companies, endowments, and foundations.

Reporting to the Head of U.S. Institutional Investment Specialists, this role will be responsible for client and consultant management through day-to-day client support and leadership and will be involved in the development of initiatives to enhance the client experience for institutional clients. A key aspect of this position is the development of close collaborative relationships with Client Advisor teams, portfolio managers, and investment teams.

Job summary:

As an Investment Specialist - Executive Director on the Multi-Asset Investment Specialist team, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding their investment strategy design and representing portfolio results, positioning, and our macro-outlook. You will be part of a dynamic team, working closely with colleagues across J.P. Morgan Asset Management's investment and client teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Job responsibilities:

* Manage and deepen existing client relationships, acting as the lead investment specialist to service the relationship and conduct investment review meetings.

* Lead client interactions by representing the multi-asset investment process and house views in meetings, seminars, and conferences.

* Engage with clients to understand objectives, address needs, and deliver tailored investment solutions.

* Establish excellent collaborative working relationships with the Client and Consultant Advisor teams, investment teams, research, portfolio managers, investor relations, product development, and other key stakeholders across the firm.

* Represent the MAS team and collaborate with other teams on various ad-hoc projects. Ensure consistent delivery of accurate and detailed information to clients and internal teams.

* Create high-quality written content on products and markets for client communications. Analyze client portfolios (returns, risk, performance attribution, etc.), create portfolio proposals, conduct analyses, and other ad-hoc client portfolio or business-related analysis.

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities:

* 7+ years of experience successfully serving institutional clients in the North America Institutional market

* Expertise in asset allocation, multi-asset portfolio construction and experience with an array of investment strategies in public equity, public fixed income, real asset, private credit and private equity strongly preferred

* Highly entrepreneurial, action oriented and self-motivated

* A track record of problem solving through critical thinking, initiative and a collaborative, team-oriented approach

* Proven track record of sustainable achievement in a financial sales and client service environment;
Outstanding energy, focus, and drive to achieve results

* Demonstrates industry and product knowledge by understanding the competition, the clients and marketplace

* Series 7, 63 and 3 certifications

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities:

* A working knowledge of institutional investment policy design and portfolio construction

* CFA and/or CAIA designation preferred

* Excellent presentation skills which enable the delivery of concise and persuasive new business presentations and investment reviews

* Excellent written and oral communication skills and a genuine interest in the subject matter

* Strong relationship building skills applicable to existing clients, prospective clients and internal colleagues within Multi-Asset Solutions and across J.P. Morgan

* Extensive network of relationships with institutional investors preferred