Senior Manager, Portfolio Oversight, FIC

Job Description

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That's why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow, and deliver better outcomes for members.

Your New Role

The Senior Manager, Portfolio Oversight is a new role reporting directly to the Head of Fixed Income & Currency (FIC). The role will build the FIC portfolio oversight framework with the aim to align overall portfolio outcomes to investment processes, anticipate issues and provides proactive advice to drive performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Enhancing the portfolio oversight framework for FIC to improve understanding of positioning, risk and outcomes vs expectations and support a culture of ongoing review, assessment and continual improvement;
• Working with the Head of FIC to act as a trusted advisor and first point of contact for portfolio oversight activities regarding performance, risk and positioning across portfolio strategies and as a total portfolio;
• Overseeing and managing centralised reporting across portfolio strategies and as a total portfolio. This includes portfolio performance, exposures and risk data and managing supporting systems, processes and stakeholders;
• Evidencing outcomes that align with the portfolio oversight framework. Developing and owning process for creating evidence and providing stakeholder assurance. This will include assessments of the performance of investment strategies as required and building an aligned internal process to support these assessments;
• Chairing the FIC Portfolio Oversight Group to drive effective challenge when outcomes do not align including being responsible for ensuring agreed actions are taken;
• Championing process enhancements and capability (new/existing) development;
• Sourcing insights from external experts to drive continual portfolio or process improvement as relevant.

What You'll Need

• Extensive experience working within an institutional investment manager(s);
• Experience in FIC research, risk or portfolio management;
• Strong understanding of investment principles, risk concepts, and portfolio construction, with specific reference to FIC markets and instruments;
• Ideally, experience in using Aladdin for portfolio management, construction, risk, attribution etc;
• Strong quantitative skills (programming skills in Python would be an advantage);
• Superior tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Finance or a related field;
• Relevant post-tertiary qualifications in finance or risk (eg CFA, PRM, Applied Finance);
• Exceptional problem solving and quantitative skills;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Life at AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we're happy to discuss what this looks like for you.

We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.

What's Next

Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.

Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.

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Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper's Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you.