Senior Performance Business Analyst (m/f/d) - Financial Markets

Job description

IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (IDS) unlocks the value of data for the global investment industry: We validate, refine, and link data from a wide variety of sources and make it available for mission-critical processes along all investment strategies and products quickly, worldwide, and at any time. Fund management companies, insurance companies, banks and pension funds can use IDS to access a flexibly scalable data platform as well as all necessary analyses and reports in the desired format. As a 100% subsidiary of Allianz SE, IDS has stood for stability, reliability and certified security in the handling of its customers' data since 2001.

 

60038 | Data & Analytics | Professional || IDS | Full-Time | Permanent

 

Job Purpose/Role

In the team Performance Measurement you are integrated in an expert and project team with a highly diversified range of topics in the field of Performance Measurement and Analytics.

As a Business Analyst (m/f/d) you are responsible for developing approaches, designing applications, creating and optimizing processes in the area of performance analysis, with the focus on holdings based performance attribution and the Wilshire Atlas system we are using there. You are the key contact and act as interface between functional operations, application developers and our clients in asset management. In your daily job you will work on data analysis, on solutions for all kind of issues with data processing, transformation and internal control mechanism to improve data quality. You work together with various departments to support and act as a consultant to the colleagues concerning the feasibility of their data requirements.

If you are enthusiastic about data, then you are exactly right with us. You can expect an international environment with flat hierarchies giving you the freedom to contribute your ideas and experience. To support your start at IDS GmbH, we offer an extensive onboarding program.

 

Key Responsibilities

·  Responsible for the functional side of the holdings based performance attribution system Wilshire Atlas and the landscape of tools built around it (for data transfers, configuration and production process control)
·  Provide answers to client requests and support the operators of the systems in this regard
·  Ensure the data quality of the deliveries created from the performance attribution systems and enable the operators of the system in this regard
·  Drive the further development of the systems
·  Enhance existing performance models and all related reporting processes (with focus on Equity analytics)
·  Process optimization, focusing on data quality and automation
·  Working with fund accounting data, benchmark and market data, instrument classification data
·  Support and act as a consultant for colleagues from different departments
·  Key member in various internal and external projects

 

Key Requirements/Skills/Experience

·  University degree preferably in economics, business administration, business information technology, mathematics, physics and/or an equivalent experience in finance
·  Experience in Asset- and Risk Management or banking industry including exposure to financial markets and instruments
·  Extensive knowledge of performance analytics, contribution, attribution and ex-post risk analytics
·  Several years of professional experience in the area of performance measurement and analysis (e.g. in consulting industry or controlling function)
·  Programming skills in VBA, SQL, R and Python is a plus
·  A very flexible and proactive approach, combining diplomacy and assertiveness
·  Strong analytical and conceptual skills
·  High degree of analytical thinking, motivation, autonomy and an above-average willingness to perform
·  High responsibility and understanding of data quality and stable operative processes
·  Hands-On Mentality
·  Fluent in German and English

 

 

WHAT WE OFFER

 

·  Benefit from flexible working hours, a home office arrangement and 30 vacation days per year
·  With us, you can expect an intercultural environment with flat hierarchies, a familiar working atmosphere as well as independent work in dedicated teams
·  Become part of a company with start-up spirit that combines the advantages of the Allianz Group
·  Take advantage of our wide range of training and development opportunities and shape your individual career path
·  Benefit, among other things, from annual bonus payments, additional benefits, health initiatives, employee restaurant and a company pension plan

 

 

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.