Portfolio Manager’s Assistant (Boutique Mayfair based Asset Manager): Analyst level (x 1-2 Investment Operations/ Investor Relations experience with a route to become a junior Portfolio Manager)

The Role

Portfolio Manager’s Assistant (Boutique Mayfair based Asset Manager): Analyst level (x 1-2 Investment Operations/ Marketing Support/ Investor Relations experience with a route to become a junior Portfolio Manager)

Martis Search are representing a Mayfair based, but global Asset Management business to hire a permanent “Portfolio Manager’s Assistant.”

This is such a rare and unique opportunity and offers the genuine career progression to become junior “Portfolio Manager.”

The chosen incumbent must be of graduate calibre (2:1 minimum in a numerate based subject such as Economics, Mathematics, Engineering etc) and must either be from an Asset Management, Wealth Management, or Family Office Middle Office background and worked within x 1-3-years’ experience within “Asset Management/ Investment Operations”, or an “Asset Management/ Investment Operations Middle Office”, or a Marketing Support/ Investor Relations role and be willing to work hard within Investment Operations/ Marketing Support/ Investor Relations type roles for 1-2-years, with the view to then being trained on Portfolio Management/ Investment Analyst type Front Office responsibilities.

The company will provide full training and this unique and rare career opportunity is available to be achieved (through hard work and hitting requirements).

The company trade a broad range of investment strategies. The company have a very healthy track-record and AUM to match.

The position sits within their within a large “Portfolio Management” team.

In addition, the role will also be client facing, so you will be attending client meetings with senior managers, so not only do you need to be analytical, you need to be “client facing” and be confident in face-to-face client meetings.

The company offer a hybrid mix of working-from-home and also in-the-office, so you get the best of both worlds.

About you:

• x 1-3-years’ experience within either “Asset Management/ Investment Operations”, or an “Asset Management/ Investment Operations Middle Office” role and be willing to work hard within Investment Operations type roles for 1-2-years, with the view to then being trained on Portfolio Management/ Investment Analyst type Front Office responsibilities.

• Deep knowledge of the fund management industry and investment processes

• Comfortable working autonomously and collaboratively; adaptable to working with different personality types with dynamism and enthusiasm

• In possession of excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

• Strong attention to detail and numeric, with strong understanding of quantitative analysis techniques

• Hard-working and self-motivated with a solutions-oriented and proactive approach to problems and tasks

• Welcomes challenge with the ability to think critically and challenge and/or support others on investment ideas

• Willingness to learn and develop on a continuous basis

• Client-facing experience

Salary

£50,000 k pa - £55,000 k pa, plus a very good bonus, pension, healthcare and other related benefits.

**Please note our client will not sponsor, and we ask all applicants to have full UK Right to Work and no time limited visas – Youth Mobility, Tier 4, Spouse Visas (all that are soon to expire and require company sponsorship to work in the UK).

We ask all applicants to respect this requirement given our client’s request and inability to sponsor.**