Investment Management Specialist

Location: New York

Job Description:

Merrill Wealth Management is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment products and services for individuals, companies, and institutions. Merrill Wealth Management is one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world specializing in goals-based wealth management, including planning for retirement, education, legacy, and other life goals through investment advice and guidance.

Merrill's Financial Advisors and Wealth Management Client Associates help clients pursue the life they envision through a personal relationship with their advisory team committed to their needs. We believe trust comes from transparency. Our trusted advisory teams are equipped with access to the investment insights of Merrill coupled with the banking convenience of Bank of America.

Merrill is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Merrill, we empower you to bring your whole self to work. We value the unique perspectives in our thoughts, business, and within our employees and clients. Our Wealth Management team represents an array of different skills and experiences that individuals bring from all backgrounds and careers; whether gained through military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences.

These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Internal employees who are currently working from home are still eligible to apply. However, if selected for the role, you may be required to work onsite in accordance with the workplace excellence policy.

Job Description:
This job is responsible for performing specialized functions across a Financial Advisors (FAs) team, such as defining an FA's or FA team's overall investment management philosophy through portfolio analysis and performing business management and business development activities. Key responsibilities include providing operational support and quality client service through offering a full range of investment products and services across the enterprise. Job expectations include leveraging specialists and financial planning tools to deliver holistic investment solutions.

This position may be responsible for the provision of residential mortgage loans, and as such, is subject to SAFE Act registration requirements. Pursuant to the SAFE Act requirements, all employees engaged in residential mortgage loan originations must register with the federal registry system and remain in good standing. Since this position requires SAFE Act registration, employees are required to register and to submit to the required SAFE Act background check.

Failure to obtain and/or maintain SAFE Act registration may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Investment Management Specialists are responsible for supporting the Financial Advisor(s) and/or Advisor Team(s) overall investment management philosophy through executing on portfolio analysis and sharing expertise in a wide range of investment product areas. They ensure risk profiles, goals, objectives and asset allocations are aligned and reflected properly for each client. They deliver a full range of investment products and services across the enterprise ensuring alignment to client goals and strategies while leveraging specialists and applicable investment management tools where appropriate.

They partner with internal specialists to deliver holistic investment solutions by identifying targeted investment strategies. They assist in the preparation of client performance review reports to measure progress to goals.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains an understanding of the Chief Investment Office (CIO) philosophy, proprietary planning, and investment management tools
• Monitors, analyzes, and reviews the current market environment and research portfolio recommendations
• Monitors and manages client portfolios to align with client goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizons
• Reviews and manages team proprietary models to align with current market assumptions by participating in CIO and manager updates and reviewing reports and allocation updates
• Creates analytical reports for Financial Advisors to review client investment portfolio performances against market returns
• Assesses and shares pricing findings with clients to ensure understanding of the value of advice and accompanying solutions

Role Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand Merrill and third party research
• Monitor and respond to market and non-financial current events
• Effectively navigate proprietary planning and investment management tools
• Deliver investment management tools, including but not limited to investment proposal, CRC, etc.
• Monitor and analyze book pricing internally for FA team
• Convey…