Senior Investment Manager - Fixed Income

A Little About Us:
With roughly 1,600 employees in 8 offices across Ohio, BWC is the state agency that cares for Ohio workers by promoting a culture of safety at work and at home and ensuring quality medical and pharmacy care is provided to injured workers.  
For Ohio employers, we provide insurance policies to cover workplace injuries and safety and wellness services to prevent injuries. 

Our Culture:
BWC is a dynamic organization that offers career opportunities across many different disciplines.  BWC employees strive to maintain an inclusive workplace.  We begin by being an equal opportunity employer.  Employees can participate in and lead employee resource groups, participate in online forums discussing society’s impact on our services and workplace, and learn about how different perspectives can improve leadership skills. 

Our Vision:
To transform BWC into an agile organization driven by customer success.

Our Mission:
To deliver consistently excellent experiences for each BWC customer every day.

Our Core Values:
One Agency, Personal Connection, Innovative Leadership, Relentless Excellence.

What our employees have to say:
BWC conducts an internal engagement survey on an annual basis.  Some comments from our employees include:

• BWC has been a great place to work as it has provided opportunities for growth that were lacking in my previous place of work.
• I have worked at several state agencies and BWC is the best place to work.
• Best place to work in the state and with a sense of family and support.
• I love the work culture, helpfulness, and acceptance I've been embraced with at BWC.

BWC is currently operating under a hybrid schedule that may incorporate both teleworking and in-person office hours.  Employees must be able to report to the office when requested by management &/or for their initial job training.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Act in a fiduciary capacity in the oversight & implementation of all work responsibilities.
• Ensure that the BWC trust funds are administered in accordance with the BWC Investment Policy Statement
• Responsible for the oversight, implementation, monitoring, and invoice processing of BWC Fixed Income portfolio.
• Responsible for the due diligence on the current BWC roster of fixed income managers.
• Recommend to the BWC CIO potential changes to the BWC Fixed Income portfolio and/or individual manager roster as needed.
• Monitor existing fixed income managers’ compliance with their respective investment guideline and recommend actions to BWC CIO for potential compliance issues as necessary.
• Review independent consultant performance reports to help monitor investment manager performance.
• Analyze fixed income portfolio and individual manager performance attribution.
• Periodically meet with members of BWC’s roster of fixed income investment managers via calls and in person and record due diligence notes within BWC’s file system.

To Qualify, You Must Clearly Demonstrate:

Completion of undergraduate core program in public or business administration, accounting, finance, or related field; AND Requires 10 plus years of experience in the investment management industry.

MAJOR WORK CHARACTERISTICS:

Knowledge: Institutional investment management industry, process, and implementation, including investment manager due diligence; Fixed income investment management acumen, strategies, characteristics, attribution, benchmarks, etc; Institutional product structures (separate accounts, commingled investment trusts, limited partnerships, institutional mutual funds), including open-end and closed-end private debt structures.

 Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel); Project management; Attention to detail; Effective time management and organizational skills; Communicate effectively though verbal and written communications; Strong work ethic Bloomberg familiarity.

 Abilities: Conduct investment manager due diligence; Analyze and understand investment manager performance, risk and investment related financial ratios; Work collaboratively within a team structure and autonomously when necessary Gather, organize, and classify information into memos and presentations, Travel as appropriate.

EEO & ADA Statement:
The State of Ohio is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of applicants or employees due to protected classes as defined in applicable federal law, state law, and any effective executive order.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its employment opportunities pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact ADA Coordinator Kathleen Bourke at 614-644-7811 or by email to: eeodept@bwc.state.oh.us.

 Educational Transcripts:
For any educational achievements to be considered during the screening process, you must at least attach an unofficial transcript that details the coursework you have completed.

Transportation
Position may require travel; therefore, persons occupying this position must be able to provide own transportation &/or legally operate a state-owned vehicle.

This position is Overtime Exempt.

Unclassified Statement and Required Background & Drug Test
This position is unclassified pursuant to ORC 124.11 (A)(9).  A background check & urinalysis test for drug use is required prior to appointment. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position.

All final applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to appointments. Testing will also be performed for the presence of marijuana. An applicant with a positive test shall not be offered employment unless the applicant submits medical documentation of legally prescribed medications or a recommendation for medical marijuana.

*Designated as Weather-Essential*