Risk & Quantitative Solutions Associate - #1705600

“I can succeed as a Risk & Quantitative Solutions Associate at Capital Group”

Role

The RQS team provides independent, rigorous analysis to inform portfolio construction decisions and highlight investment risk within Capital’s Fixed Income portfolios. We are looking for an additional RQS Associate to join the London team, to work collaboratively with our Fixed Income investors. In this role you will:

Represent risk management practices in internal and external meetings.

• Proactively conducting portfolio reviews to identify key risks, and advise investors on the risk management of their portfolios.
• Presenting analytics and findings to the Fixed Income investment group and oversight groups.
• Relaying risk management processes and policies to external clients, and educating on Capital’s portfolio risk process.
  
  

Enhance the framework for risk management, monitoring and reporting processes.

• Develop risk methodology and scenario analysis capabilities to enhance risk assessment in Fixed Income portfolios.
• Proactively identifying new ways to evaluate risk.
• Develop top-down and bottom-up portfolio risk reports to identify and monitor the major risks in portfolios.
• Perform quantitative analyses and provides recommendations to develop system solutions required for client, internal and regulatory risk analysis.
  
  

Proactively conduct advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses for portfolios. This will involve:

• Communicating your ideas and recommendations with Portfolio Managers to influence portfolio construction decisions.
• Performing quantitative analyses and solution development for improved securities and fund analytics, relative value models and asset allocation.
• Helping to set internal portfolio risk guidelines per strategy and active return targets.
  
  

”I am the person Capital Group is looking for”

• You have a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience as a fixed income risk manager, quantitative analyst, portfolio analyst or portfolio manager.
• You have experience with one or more of: Emerging Market debt, global corporate credit, and/or private credit strategies
• You possess an in-depth knowledge of finance and investment principles, portfolio construction techniques, and advanced understanding of risk management.
• You demonstrate intellectual curiosity and analytical skills in areas of high complexity; you exhibit knowledge in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology and information affecting the team’s work.
• You exercise sound judgment in resolving complex matters, and initiative in identifying issues and recommending solutions on complex and broad matters.
• You’re an effective communicator in all formats, and with a diverse group of associates and business leaders.
• You demonstrate ability to collaborate and develop/maintain working relationships inside and outside the organization to enable effective completion of business objectives.
• You’re able to facilitate and lead discussions with senior business leaders on a broad topics, inside and outside the organization.
• Your academic profile is likely to include a technical degree in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant STEM fields. Working towards CFA, FRM or PRMIA would be beneficial but not essential.
• Your technical skills include advanced Excel, Python or R, some familiarity with Bloomberg and ideally some knowledge of Blackrock’s Aladdin system.
  
  

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In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

• Temporary positions in Canada and the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.