Risk & Performance Analyst

Produce investment performance reports, analyse fund performance and market movements, and support reporting projects for retail and institutional clients.

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives.

Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $228.7 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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Job Profile Summary:

The core function of this role is to produce reports for our retail and institutional clients and work on reporting-based projects. You will have close working relationships with the Performance and Risk team as well as dealing with many other teams in the firm such as the investment teams, compliance, sales, and new product teams.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract role. 

Responsibilities:

• Report on a wide range of funds from Long Only, Long/Short, Credit and Managed Futures to name a few. Many of these reports are produced monthly

• Provide an explanation of the effect of market movements on the performance of our product range and include performance, contribution/attribution, and exposure data

• Publish performance newsletters that keep the company and clients abreast of key performance movements on flagship funds and overview newsletters of content engine performance and outlooks on a weekly basis

• The successful individual will gain a deep understanding of the hedge fund business and develop their performance and risk skills. We're seeking someone who is capable of challenging current procedures and can accommodate the increasing demands for transparency from our institutional investors

Key Skills & Experience:

• Recent graduate with 1-2 years of relevant industry experience, and a minimum 2:1 or equivalent in a maths or finance related degree

• Good understanding and a clear interest in financial markets

• Relevant experience/internships at an investment management firm is strongly preferred

• Ability to manage own workload and take responsibility for tasks

• Effective time management is essential to manage your allocation of work across the business contents

• Able to communicate effectively across all levels of the business

• Attention to detail is crucial as you will be responsible for data extraction, manipulation, validation, and control

• Advanced Excel skills

• Excellent written English

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry.

You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.