Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Overview of Role:

The Investment Management department is searching for a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager within the Discretionary Portfolio Management team. The successful candidate must be structured, analytical, and self-driven, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Close and professional interaction with key stakeholders (Multi-Asset PM Team, Client Advisors and clients)
• Portfolio management responsibilities for fixed income mandates and funds
• Participate in client portfolio reviews and new client acquisition
• Support the production of communication material
• Contribute significantly to the fixed income research process, e.g.:
  – Generate investment ideas on issuer and at security levels
  – Economic research, including but not limited to performing macro and rates analysis
• Develop and maintain quantitative tools on the FI platform
• Participate in ad-hoc projects

Education and Qualifications:

• University Degree
• CFA, FRM, CAIIA or similar designation preferred

Experience, Skills and Competencies Required:

• 5-10 years of relevant experience as a FI Portfolio Manager, including experience in taking investment decisions for single line fixed income instruments
• Analytical and research skills (economics / rates / credit)
• Strong quantitative and modelling skills
• Reliability, precision, ability to work under pressure, ‘can do’ attitude; seeking continuous process improvements and knowledge acquisition/development; high quality standards, ethical attitude; team player; flexibility; strong initiative
• Excellent communication skills in German and English (French an advantage)
• Excellent skills in using IT systems (Avaloq is a plus). Advanced Excel skills, programming ability a plus

Benefits

• Rothschild & Co is committed to safeguarding and enhancing the health and wellbeing of all its employees. To support this, Rothschild & Co provides all employees with a range of healthcare services and benefits that aim to support their overall wellbeing
• We are conducive to creating a working environment and culture where people can succeed
• We provide a variety of inhouse trainings, as well as tuition assistance for further education and training courses
• Everyone can choose to incorporate agile working principles into their working week
• We believe there are opportunities for all of us to enhance our working lives and outcomes, by applying a more flexible approach to where and when we work and up to 40% of your work time can be performed from home

If you are curious to learn more about us and have valuable experiences in a similar role, then please submit your CV, Cover Letter and any additional documents through our recruitment tool.