Associate, Investment Analytics, L&G; - Asset Management, America

Location: Chicago, United States

Salary: USD 65,000–85,000 per year, plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.

Company

Legal & General Asset Management is a global investment manager investing across public and private markets for individual savers, pension schemes, institutions, and its own balance sheet.

What you will do

• Own production of performance, attribution, and portfolio analytics reporting.
• Fulfill analytics and data requests from Client Solutions, Marketing, Portfolio Management, and other internal teams.
• Analyze investment strategies, performance drivers, attribution anomalies, portfolio risks, and attribution factors.
• Partner with Operations, IT, and Data Management to improve analytics accuracy, capabilities, and scalability.
• Enhance processes and develop automated tools to support scalable, project-based analysis.
• Create custom portfolio analytics views for client meetings and internal investment analysis.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in performance measurement, attribution, and/or risk analysis.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
• Solid understanding of capital markets and investment management.
• Knowledge of fixed income and derivatives, including options, swaps, and futures.
• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Intermediate coding skills, such as advanced Excel/VBA and SQL, or willingness to learn; familiarity with Bloomberg, FactSet, or similar tools is desired.

Nice to have

• Progress toward or interest in an advanced degree and/or CFA qualification.
• Experience with market data and portfolio analytics platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with Client Solutions, Portfolio Management, Marketing, Operations, Data Management, and IT.
• Work focused on scalable, high-quality, and sophisticated analytics supporting client outcomes.
• Eligible full-time employees may receive health, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Benefits may include 401(k), vacation, sick time, employee assistance, commuter and transit programs, and optional supplemental insurance.