The Foundation
Financial Services
Manager,AlphaAnalyticsandPortfolioRisk
“Manager, Alpha Analytics and Portfolio Risk at The Foundation. Skills: Portfolio Risk, Alpha Strategies, Data Analytics, AI Integration. Run day-to-day operation of portable alpha program. Interact with overlay manager”
What You'll Achieve.
Earn 5% real return annually
Industry & Context.
Data-driven decision making
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Undergraduate degree in quantitative field, 7 to 10 years experience, Institutional multi-asset portfolio experience, Experience operating within institutional risk management framework, Hands-on experience decomposing manager returns, Working knowledge of equity and fixed income derivatives, Ability to design and maintain production data and analytics infrastructure, Advanced Excel, Proficiency in Python, Working knowledge of AI and large language models, Experience managing and developing analysts, Excellent communication skills
Nice to Have
Graduate degree a plus, CFA charterholder strongly preferred, Experience underwriting and overseeing external managers preferred
What You'll Do.
Run day-to-day operation of portable alpha program
Interact with overlay manager
Execute derivatives trades
Oversee program performance and operations
Operate portfolio risk management framework
Monitor total market risk
Monitor downside exposure
Monitor factor exposures
Monitor currency exposures
Monitor portfolio resilience
Lead decomposition and analysis of external manager returns
Analyze factor exposure
Analyze performance attribution
Analyze alpha-beta separation
Develop conclusions for senior portfolio managers
Manage counterparty risk
Monitor counterparty risk
Set counterparty risk limits
Report on counterparty risk
Manage portfolio of short-term cash enhancement instruments
Participate in prospective manager presentations
Contribute to underwriting of public equity mandates
Contribute to annual asset allocation process
Measure currency exposure
Measure factor exposure
Evaluate hedges for public investments
Evaluate hedges for private investments
Partner on design of data and analytics infrastructure
Define analytics needs
Shape analytical content of reports
Shape analytical content of dashboards
Shape analytical content of configuration models
Maintain technical fluency in data architecture
Maintain technical fluency in ETL pipelines
Maintain technical fluency in API-based integrations
Engage on design and implementation with Operations
Implement AI agent roadmap
Integrate AI agents with Dynamo
Integrate AI agents with analytics layer
Deploy AI agentic workflows
Evaluate AI agentic workflows
Govern AI agentic workflows
Partner on rollout and adoption of AI agents
Prepare materials for Investment Committee
Perform ad hoc analyses
Provide portfolio updates
Support strategic portfolio decisions
Manage direct reports
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Deputy CIO; Work with Operations team; Partner with Senior Analyst; Work with Investment Committee
Communication Scope
Present complex concepts
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
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