- The Performance & Reporting Analyst role is responsible for reconciling performance data, resolving issues discovered and reporting the performance of Russell Investments products/strategies to internal teams as well as prospective and existing clients
- The Global Performance & Reporting Team, within Global Risk, delivers performance measurement and fund/client reporting services across Russell Investments global products and client bases
- This role will be part of a team tasked with producing standard reporting delivery, ad-hoc performance analysis, historical performance streams for prospects and reconciliations of performance data vs
- various sources
- The products/strategies under analysis may include funds, separate accounts, client portfolios, sub-advisory accounts, fiduciary accounts, overlays and competitor products
- This data will then be repackaged into several formats for use in client and prospect presentations, reports and other publications
Years of Experience
6+ years of investment/financial services experience
Qualifications
Bachelor s Degree with emphasis on Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics or related subject
CIPM or CFA equivalent qualification preferred
Responsibilities
- Assist in the set up and maintenance of P&R systems including: new fund setup, new client setup and general change management
- Collaborate across the Global Performance & Reporting Team to gather needed data and ensure delivery of accurate and timely reporting collateral.
- Conduct reconciliations of performance data vs. various sources to confirm accuracy
- Compare current report to previous cycles to flag any incorrect data sets
- Should have an understanding of Total v Security Level returns
- Good understanding of ABOR & IBOR, ability to differentiate between the two books of records and should be able to analyze the reasons for difference in returns and justify the differences
- Ability to understand the extensive performance data, analyze and to perform reconciliation using development tools such as SQL, VBA, Python
- Ability to understand and resolve ad-hoc queries from portfolio managers timely manner.
Candidate Requirements
- Proven ability to conduct base-level performance calculations and interpret the results
- Experience with investment risk measures including VaR, standard deviation and beta
- Knowledge of commonly used reporting dimensions
- Ability to communicate with global team members to source data and establish new processes for report maintenance
- Proficient in MS Office tools like Excel, Powerpoint
- Preferred knowledge of MySQL, PowerBI & VBA
Core Values
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication and collaboration skills with all levels of management
- Strong organizational skills including the ability to adapt to shifting priorities and meet frequent deadlines,
- Demonstrated proactive approach to problem-solving with strong judgment and decision-making capability.
- Highly resourceful and collaborative team-player, with the ability to also be independently effective and exude initiative and a sense of urgency.
- Exemplifies our customer-focused, action-oriented, results-driven culture.
- Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities, has a desire for continuous learning, and proposes solutions.
- Ability to act with discretion and maintain complete confidentiality.
- Dedicated to the firm s values of non-negotiable integrity, valuing our people, exceeding client expectations, and embracing intellectual curiosity and rigor.
