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Job Description

Your Team:

The Portfolio Management (PM) team have a global presence managing ETFs passively across equity, fixed income and alternatives.

What we are looking for:

Portfolio Management and Fiduciary Oversight: the daily portfolio management functions of an ETF such as creating an optimal portfolio which effectively tracks the index in a cost-efficient manner. This includes:

• Working closely with PM analysts and traders to implement & monitor day-to-day fund management such as primary market orders, corporate action and cash/futures management

• Leveraging proprietary technology to optimise indices to make portfolio construction recommendations for optimised/sampled funds

• Maintaining oversight of our index partners that underly Invesco ETF’s, as well as maintaining a view of the mandates, changes, and rebalance cycles across passive indexes around the globe

• Developing, directing, and documenting policies, procedures, and processes related to portfolio management and index optimisation

Investment Process Improvements: engagement with a team of portfolio managers and operations analysts to propose and implement best practices that aim to continuously improve the investment process and promote scalability in index management

Quantitative Analysis and Modelling: due to requirements for sampling and optimisation for funds, baskets and trading, the role will require a high degree of technical skills and the ability to understand modern portfolio theory to construct optimal portfolio sampling models that reduce tracking error and minimise transaction costs. This will be accomplished through heavy involvement with advanced software tools including Factset/Bloomberg/Axioma; familiarity with programming languages such as Python and R; and the ability to collaborate with a team of quantitative programmers to prioritise and execute projects leveraging a proprietary portfolio management platform

• Relevant industry experience

• Previous PM experience is not required but strong analytical & coding skills with a solid understanding of how ETFs are managed are essential

• In-depth conceptual and practical knowledge of equity ETFs

• Has the mindset of a business owner by taking the initiative of growing the business and improving practices continuously

• Aware of the ETF competitive landscape and innovation

• Initiative and independent judgement is required to search out appropriate course of action within and outside the context of established policies and procedures

• Able to communicate effectively and lead projects with various stakeholders both internally and externally

• Master's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science or related field is preferred. and/or CFA charter holder desired

Disability Confident Scheme

Full Time / Part Time

Worker Type

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! We want all of our candidates to shine during the application and selection process, so if you need any adjustments to be made, please send an e-mail to emea-talentacquisition@invesco.com. Please include your name, the job you are interested in, and the type of adjustment you need (for example; breaks during your interview, remote interviews, additional time for assessments or other required adjustments)

We promote a working environment that welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams, celebrates difference and encourages everyone to be themselves at work.

Our commitment to the community and environmental, social and governance investing:
We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about. We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. We serve our clients in this space as a trusted partner both on specific responsible investment product strategies as well as part of our commitment to deliver a superior investment experience.

Recruitment Agencies:
Invesco has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Invesco will not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact hiring managers directly.

Regulatory:
This position may fall in-scope of one or multiple regimes/directives.