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Junior Fixed Income Product Specialist

Employer
Meredith Brown Associates
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Circa £50,000-£60,000 + good bonus potential
Closing date
Sep 13, 2019

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Job Function
Other
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
As part of a small team, this role will support all investment capabilities within FI, articulating investment strategies and processes, supporting the delivery of sales & marketing requests, managing and updating marketing collateral and supporting product development. Furthermore, this will work closely with the FI Investment Director who represents all FI investments teams externally with prospects, existing clients and the broader industry.

Role & Responsibilities

This diverse role blends a range of duties, covering technical product knowledge, market intelligence and peer analysis, client communications and reporting and aspects of product development.
  • Keep fully informed of and understand the performance of the portfolios, their underlying drivers, risks and issues, the philosophy and the investment process across designated FI strategies.
  • Co-ordinate sales & marketing activity. Draft key sales messages for each product and assist in educating the Business Development teams on FI products.
  • Be a point of contact for internal and external sales/ client service queries and other areas of the business.
  • Assist with team preparation and production of presentations for new business meetings
  • Working with the RFP team to help tailor proposals (RFP's, RFI's DDQ's and client databases.)
  • Provide product information to enable and enhance production of all marketing collateral (pitch books, quarterly, monthly reports)
  • Carry out analysis to support the development of new product propositions and work with the Product team in new product launch activities.
  • Perform competitor analysis in order maintain awareness of what peers are doing in the same space in relation to marketing collateral.


Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will require the following skills and experience:
  • Proven experience in a similar FI Product Specialist role, or a high achieving record from a Sales, Marketing or Client Reporting environment within a leading asset management business.
  • A genuine interest in investments, with a demonstrable technical knowledge of both public and private fixed income products and their markets. Knowledge of some Alternative FI strategies is an advantage (Direct Lending, Multi-Asset Credit, Real Estate Debt, etc.)
  • The written and verbal communication skills to articulate bespoke messages to an array of audiences. A demonstrable ability to write investment content an advantage.
  • Good systems knowledge, with proficient MS Office experience (Excel, PowerPoint & Word) required. Working knowledge of Bloomberg an advantage.
  • Strong numerical qualifications.
  • Project management experience.
  • IMC and / or CFA preferred.


This is a rare opportunity for a junior Product Specialist to develop their career by taking on considerable responsibility as part of a small yet impressive team and really progress your career.

Please note that only successful applicants can be contacted.

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