Analyst, Portfolio Management

at  Dimensional Fund Advisors

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Job Description:
The Team & Role
The Portfolio Management group manages global funds across multiple asset classes for clients ranging from large institutions (such as sovereign wealth funds and central banks) to financial advisors and individuals.
The Portfolio Management team is responsible for the implementation of Dimensional’s investment philosophy. Portfolio managers ensure client portfolios continually pursue the targeted premiums, provide traders with buy and sell candidate lists, outline trading parameters, and assist clients to understand Dimensional’s investment practices.
Analysts are responsible for performing a series of daily tasks to ensure that our portfolio management and trading processes run smoothly. The team of Analysts work collaboratively to share tasks which include but are not limited to: analysis of corporate actions and formulation of election recommendations for Portfolio Managers, review of market news and consideration of their potential impact on securities that are held across portfolios, daily reconciliation of client portfolios ensuring that cash balances are accurate and reflect all significant transactions. The work is operational and of crucial importance in the daily investment process.
Additionally, Analysts execute ad hoc requests from Portfolio Managers such as portfolio analysis, data requests, and research into relevant market and company-specific developments. An Analyst may also complete long-term projects that involve identifying possibilities for improvement in Dimensional’s portfolio implementation processes. An Analyst will regularly coordinate with portfolio managers, traders, custodian banks, and Dimensional offices across the globe.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with demonstrated academic achievement
• Interest in financial markets and an understanding of Dimensional’s investment philosophy
• Must be detail oriented, organized, highly motivated and able to work independently and in a team environment
• The ability to work to tight deadlines, to be adaptable and priorities effectively is a necessary skill
• Ability to absorb and apply information from formal and informal learning experiences
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Prior exposure to programming and/or databases (Python, SQL, VBA) preferred

Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.
It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates

Please refer the Job description for details