Investment Portfolio Analytics

• Gurugram or Noida with Shift timing : 0200 PM to 1030 PM
• Bachelor's/master's in finance, Economics, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, or related field.
• 5-8+ years of experience in Investment Analytics, Fixed Income Research, Portfolio Strategy, or Quantitative Finance.
• Strong handson skills in Python, Excel (advanced), SQL, and data visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau).
• Deep understanding of fixed income markets, structured products, yield curves, and macroeconomic indicators.
• Experience with Aladdin, Empyrean, Bloomberg, or similar tools is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and communication skills.

We are seeking a highly skilled Investment & Portfolio Analytics Specialist (Lead Business Analyst Role) to support key portfolio optimization initiatives, analytical modeling, risk assessment, data management, and reporting for multiasset fixed income portfolios. This role combines quantitative analysis, Python/Excel modeling, dashboard development, market surveillance, and crossfunctional collaboration to inform portfolio strategy, asset allocation, and performance evaluation. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical rigor, technical expertise, and experience working with complex financial datasets-particularly fixed income, structured products, and macroeconomic variables.

Key Responsibilities

1. Portfolio Optimization & Enhancements

• Enhance the Existing Investment Portfolio Optimizer, including:
  • Adding filters to exclude securities aligned with current investment strategy.
  • Incorporating methodologies to flag securities that may be inaccurately priced.
  • Ensuring optimization tools can run seamlessly in the U.S. environment (Pythonbased).
• Lead Opportunity Set Optimization, including:
  • Building Excel/Python optimization frameworks for scenariobased asset allocation.
  • Conducting timeseries analyses, riskweighted relative value assessments, and macrolinked analytics.
  • Incorporating macroeconomic variables, interestrate regimes, and yield curve permutations.
  • Developing fairvalue models (typically regressionbased) to support portfolio decisions.

2. Dashboard Development

• Aggregate, clean, and maintain assetclasslevel datasets supporting the surveillance process.
• Build centralized dashboards to track CUSIPlevel portfolio performance and trends.
• Expand surveillance metrics to include:
  • Geographic exposures for RMBS
  • CLO loan and sectorlevel exposures
  • CMBS propertytype exposures
  • Other dataintensive structuredproducts analytics

3. Portfolio & Market Data Management

• Update and maintain recurring market and portfolio datasets:
  • Generic spreads (weekly)
  • New issuance trends (weekly)
  • Portfolio holdings, ratings changes, and SSFAbased risk weights (monthly)
  • Surveillance datasets (monthly)
  • Index and generic performance metrics (monthly)
• Collaborate with LFO to compile performance data and support monthly portfolio performance reporting.

4. Risk Management & Modeling

• Support market valueatrisk and capital implications analysis, including proprietary scenario modeling (e.g., Aladdin Risk).
• Conduct benchmarking of cashflow models (Aladdin, Empyrean, Bloomberg, J.P. Morgan, etc.).
• Evaluate model differences and provide recommendations to strengthen internal modeling frameworks.

5. Regulatory & Performance Reporting

• Support periodic and regulatory reporting, including:
  • Portfolio holdings
  • Surveillance updates
  • Monthly performance scorecards
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of submissions.

6. Innovation & FutureFocused Initiatives

• Contribute to forwardlooking initiatives, including:
  • Dataarchitecture modernization
  • AI/ML integration to enhance analytics workflows
  • Proprietary modeling (prepayments, credit analytics, scenario simulation)

Recommend opportunities to streamline processes and reduce manual dependencies.

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