Investment Analyst (Full time/Hybrid)
The City of Austin Employees’ Retirement System (COAERS) mission is to provide our members with their promised benefits. We are driven to be best-in-class, passionate about service excellence, and committed to creating a welcoming environment where everyone can excel by leveraging our skillset, experiences, and backgrounds.
Your Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief Investment Officer (CIO), the Investment Analyst provides analytical and operational support to ensure effective management of the COAERS investment program. You will assist in managing plan assets in accordance with the Investment Policy Statement, including asset allocation support, portfolio monitoring, and manager selection and oversight. You will support performance reporting, financial reporting, operations management, and compliance monitoring. You will also coordinate investment-related policies, procedures, and initiatives, and collaborate with multiple departments to meet information and reporting needs.
Your Main Responsibilities
Reporting, Data Management, and Operations
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports and data as required.
• Review monthly investment manager reports and summarize key information for senior staff.
• Support maintenance and enhancement of performance reporting, including reconciliation and attribution.
• Effectively use analytics, portfolio management, and accounting tools including Bloomberg and custodial bank platforms.
• Provide information for legal requests, including public records inquiries.
• Provide requested information to internal and external auditors to support creation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and other reports.
• Communicate with the custodial bank on a variety of matters, including account opening and closing, corrections and reconciliations.
• Perform due diligence related to custodial bank services.
• Assist in identifying and implementing process improvements and removing operational barriers.
Portfolio Monitoring, Market Analysis, Asset Allocation, and Risk
• Assist with asset allocation, rebalancing, liquidity monitoring, and performance evaluation.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of investment managers, sub-asset classes, and asset class composites.
• Analyze and evaluate relative risk and return of investment strategies.
• Assist in oversight, monitoring, and reporting related to external investment managers.
• Assist in analysis of public and private market asset classes.
• Assist in data collection, analysis, and screening of investment opportunities.
• Assist in due diligence for new investment opportunities as requested.
• Utilize portfolio monitoring software to track activity and positions and report findings.
• Support risk management processes and analysis.
Communication, Research, and Special Projects
• Draft detailed investment memoranda.
• Evaluate and recommend research services and data sources.
• Assist with or deliver presentations to internal and external interest holders.
• Support development of improved technological tools and functionality as systems evolve.
• Complete special projects assigned by senior staff or the Chief Investment Officer.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
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Your Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief Investment Officer (CIO), the Investment Analyst provides analytical and operational support to ensure effective management of the COAERS investment program. You will assist in managing plan assets in accordance with the Investment Policy Statement, including asset allocation support, portfolio monitoring, and manager selection and oversight. You will support performance reporting, financial reporting, operations management, and compliance monitoring. You will also coordinate investment-related policies, procedures, and initiatives, and collaborate with multiple departments to meet information and reporting needs.
Your Main Responsibilities
Reporting, Data Management, and Operations
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports and data as required.
• Review monthly investment manager reports and summarize key information for senior staff.
• Support maintenance and enhancement of performance reporting, including reconciliation and attribution.
• Effectively use analytics, portfolio management, and accounting tools including Bloomberg and custodial bank platforms.
• Provide information for legal requests, including public records inquiries.
• Provide requested information to internal and external auditors to support creation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and other reports.
• Communicate with the custodial bank on a variety of matters, including account opening and closing, corrections and reconciliations.
• Perform due diligence related to custodial bank services.
• Assist in identifying and implementing process improvements and removing operational barriers.
Portfolio Monitoring, Market Analysis, Asset Allocation, and Risk
• Assist with asset allocation, rebalancing, liquidity monitoring, and performance evaluation.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of investment managers, sub-asset classes, and asset class composites.
• Analyze and evaluate relative risk and return of investment strategies.
• Assist in oversight, monitoring, and reporting related to external investment managers.
• Assist in analysis of public and private market asset classes.
• Assist in data collection, analysis, and screening of investment opportunities.
• Assist in due diligence for new investment opportunities as requested.
• Utilize portfolio monitoring software to track activity and positions and report findings.
• Support risk management processes and analysis.
Communication, Research, and Special Projects
• Draft detailed investment memoranda.
• Evaluate and recommend research services and data sources.
• Assist with or deliver presentations to internal and external interest holders.
• Support development of improved technological tools and functionality as systems evolve.
• Complete special projects assigned by senior staff or the Chief Investment Officer.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Apply Now
Apply Now