Junior Investment Analytics Analyst

Job Description

At M&G our purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly. As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clientsand identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities . To help us achieve our vision were looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliverresults and keep it simple. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role. The Role: Investment Analytics are responsible for developing custom solutions to help our front office stakeholders make better investment decisions. We are seeking an junior analytics analyst with the right blend of financial markets knowledge, data exploration, stats/maths and data visualisation to help us expand our analytics services to our stakeholders. There will be significant focus on working directly with investment professionals, in particular teams within our Private Markets business, to build and shape solutions that inform and add value to the investment decision making process, spanning multiple assetclasses. In the role, you will support the continued growth and use of analytics with asset management. Your key priorities will centre around generating new insights to support revenue growth related activity, getting ESG & sustainability views embedded within portfoliomanagement processes and creating investment management tools to enable better decision making. Key Responsibilities:

• Develop scalable solutions to support investment decision making insights across multiple asset classes in an agile development environment.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables from various stakeholders ensuring end-to-end coordination as well as driving prioritisation through effective stakeholder management.
• Transform abstract investment ideas into tangible end-to-end solutions, accompanied by a delivery plan and gaining buy-in from stakeholders.
• Build and maintain a strong network with all key stakeholders in the Front Office, in particular the Private Markets business, but also sustainability focused teams, Technology & Transformation or any client facing team.
• Influence your direct stakeholders as you push forward our analytics agenda.

Experience and Key Skills:

• Strong knowledge of financial markets and asset management, proven experience within asset management.
• Strong experience with a wide variety of asset classes and associated analytics (e.g. Equity, Fixed Income, Private Assets, Fund of Funds etc).
• Strong data exploration skills and experience of using various programming languages to derive insights from large data sets (e.g. SQL, Python, R).
• Strong understanding of relational databases (MS SQL Server) and proficient to advanced SQL.
• Proficient in data visualization and dashboarding to clearly visualise and explain information to stakeholders. Experience with platforms such as Microsoft Power BI and TIBCO Spotfire.
• Experience managing stakeholders, in particular Front Office personnel, and the ability to forge partnerships with the various investment desks.
• Proactive self-starter who can prioritise and manage their own workload with a solutions focused mindset.
• Relevant professional qualification: IMC, CFA, CQF preferred.
• Experience working with Blackrocks Aladdin platform preferred.

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity,age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.