Australian Retirement Trust (ART) is seeking an analytical and strategic-minded Associate Portfolio Manager to join our dedicated Capital Markets team. This role is available as an initial 9-month max-term/secondment opportunity.Why join us?
- We're a hybrid-work organisation – we believe work is best done with a blend of in-person (at our purposefully designed HUBs) and remote (from your home).
- When you are in one of our brand-new HUBs, you can take full advantage of end of trip facilities, yoga and multi faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and a multitude of team spaces that reflect our collaborative culture.
- We provide excellent training and development opportunities to support your career progression and actively encourage internal mobility.
- Be a subject matter expert on big, complex strategic initiatives (think implementing change to investment mandates, transitions and trading processes). Your job is to build trust with stakeholders and influence outcomes that benefit our members.
- Dive into complex research and analysis for your investment domain – Global derivatives (Futures, FFX, Swaps) and physical markets (Money Market, Bonds) (your boss will tell you what's needed).
- Get to know the Capital Markets desk's trading activities inside and out, as well as the external mandates managed by ART's Investments Division.
- Portfolio models and trading tools are your jam. You'll build, maintain, and improve them.
- Help shape and execute the overall strategy for the Capital Markets function, with a focus on risk management that protects our members' funds.
- Keep your boss in the loop about strategy performance and market dynamics and suggest ways to improve trade practices.
- Manage the liquidity and exposures of specific investment portfolios and handle their day-to-day management.
- Negotiate agreements, build relationships with key external partners and regulators, and present to stakeholders when needed.
- You've studied finance, investments, commerce, or economics.
- You really get Australia's superannuation industry.
- You've spent at least 5 years in wholesale financial markets, so you're up to speed on the laws, regulations, trends, and how to balance risk and reward. You're also on top of the latest developments.
- You're a whiz at researching and analysing complex information.
- You're great at building relationships with stakeholders and negotiating win-win outcomes.
- Your communication skills are top-notch, both in writing and in person. You're comfortable presenting to senior managers and executives.