Portfolio Manager Equities

Recognising tomorrow's opportunities today. Yours and ours.

At Swiss Life Asset Managers you will contribute your own talent and expertise in a motivated and flexible working environment. You will take on a high degree of responsibility and master demanding challenges independently, with the scope to express yourself and in cooperation with professional teams.

Working at Swiss Life Asset Managers is a dynamic experience in a stable environment. Our employees make the difference. People count.
Flexible working models will enable you to reconcile your professional and personal ambitions.

About Us:

Swiss Life Asset Managers is looking for you as Quantitative Portfolio Manager (f/m/d) for our Equity Team. You have a good understanding of quantitative investment processes, excellent programming skills, and a strong research profile in quantitative disciplines. You will fulfill a central function in developing and managing our strategies, as well as communicating to external clients.

Your Area of Responsibility:

• Management of our quantitative portfolios
• Maintainance and further development of our IT infrastructure (rebalancing interface, customized performance attribution tool, backtester)
• Maintainance and further development of our investment models
• Portfolio rebalancing and management of daily activities, such as handling cash-flows and FX
• Portfolio monitoring and performance analysis
• Clients' presentations and support to the initiatives of our Sales department
• Active participation in the Equity Investment Committee

Your Profile:

• Some years of experience as a portfolio manager or quantitative analyst OR limited or no experience but a strong quantitative profile (PhD in finance of other technical discipline) will also be considered
• Very strong programming skills in Python, Matlab, or other common programming languages. Ideally, some years of experience of developing IT infrastructures in quant investment teams
• Good understanding of quant investment processes portfolio construction, and performance attribution techniques
• Good Knowledge of ESG and sustainability-related topics
• Experience with Bloomberg is preferred. Knowledge of SimCorpDimension and BarraOne is a plus, but not essential
• Good presentation skills and ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a broader audience
• Fluent in English, German and/or French are a plus

Your benefits
We help our employees shape their professional development and their private life to their best advantage, throughout all phases of their life. Our attractive benefits play a part in this effort.

Your contact
Nicole Bienz
Tel:
+41 43 547 69 07