Fixed income expert

Description of the Business Line or Department

Lyxor Asset Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Societe Generale Group represented in the UK by Lyxor Asset Management UK LLP that is authorised and regulated by the FCA. With a strong culture of risk-management and research, Lyxor stands amongst the leaders in innovative, transparent and flexible asset management.

Fixed Income Solutions (FIS)

The position is based in Lyxor UK in London and acts as the central point of intelligence within WAAM for views and opinions on specific credit markets and single line corporate bond investments. He/she is responsible for oral and written opinions/views on markets of responsibility for the benefit of WAAM.

Summary of the key purposes of the role

3 main objectives of the role

1. As a member of FIS, your role is to ensure that you achieve the commercial, operational and strategic objectives set by your line managers on an annual basis. These will cover measurable targets for interactions with WAAM defined annually by your functional line manager.
2. As a member of FIS, you need to comply with Lyxor and SocGen's policies and standards.
3. As a member of Lyxor UK you have certain responsibilities delegated to you by the CEO of Lyxor UK. These include the completion of all required e-learnings and the production of regular KRIs for Lyxor UK management.

Summary of responsibilities

Operational Responsibilities

• maintains on a daily basis oral and written opinions/views on his markets of responsibility, for the benefit of WAAM.

• implements his/her views in, monitors, manages and comments on dedicated model portfolios (on his/her markets of responsibility) on a daily basis

• is able to elaborate on other geographies of credit markets and on sovereign bonds' markets (in markets of responsibility in the absence of sovereign coverage)

• generates proactive investment ideas (countries, industries, products, ratings, etc) and provides clear added value

• ensures a smooth management of the investment universe, including constant relationship with the credit analysis team out of India

• meets the group's bankers, investment advisors and portfolio managers' needs in terms of recommended bonds' lists (including screening) and investment proposals

• communicates with portfolio managers, advisors and bankers across the world on a regular basis (including conf calls and road shows); markets the Centre of Expertise (Fixed Income Solutions) across the SocGen network.

• as a member of the global Fixed Income Solutions (FIS) team, actively participates to fixed Income/credit committees/conf calls of the Centre of Expertise

Risk Management Responsibilities

• Further improve Lyxor market share and reputation through professionalism, discipline and attention to risks. Specifically compliance, legal and reputation risk.
• Ensure compliance with Lyxor and SocGen procedures and guidelines including Sales Handbook and regular training as applicable to the regulatory requirements

Conduct Responsibilities

• Responsibility to adhere to internal Policies that relate to you, your business or other businesses for which you have any level of responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure compliance with operational and conduct risk requirements (including data leakage, security policies and regulatory requirements).
• Adhere to individual and where applicable department conduct rules in accordance with the FCA Code of Conduct rules
• Responsibility for managing, controlling, preparing and escalating risk within the scope of your position and in line with existing policies.
• Responsibility to ensure that you take reasonable steps to be fully aware of, understand and comply with all regulatory requirements from all regulatory and statutory bodies, trading venues, etc that are applicable to your role and business line.
• To assist in the self-identification of all conduct related issues. Ensure escalation to appropriate stakeholder or function whether internal or external.
• Adhere to business line mandates relevant to the role as directed by your manager

Competencies

• Extensive and relevant experience in asset management, credit analysis or financial services
• Sound analytical skills
• Demonstrated competency through successful completion of relevant professional qualifications and certifications
• Significant track record within asset management, demonstrating relevant skills and experience
• Proven track record of regulator interaction and strong regulatory knowledge
• Effective Communication and Presentation skills
• Flexible and Adaptable
• Ability to make and implement strategic decisions
• Strong Leadership in a multicultural context
• Ability to work and lead under pressure
• Team player proactively shares information and collaborates with others
• Take ownership of responsibilities and if applicable projects
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to interact comfortably with a variety of businesses, management and control functions across the bank.
• Ability to develop relationships based on trust and professionalism