Analyst, Equities Insights

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That’s why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow and deliver better outcomes for members. We are dedicated to building a high-performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members.

Your New Role

The Analyst will play an important role in supporting Equity Insights through the delivery of portfolio exposure, risk and performance analytics across International Equities (IEQ). These insights will help inform portfolio decisions, strategy development and ongoing portfolio oversight.

The role has been created to support the growing demand for timely, high-quality reporting and analytics, driven by increasing portfolio scale and complexity as member assets grow and internal investment strategies continue to expand.

This is a permanent role based in Melbourne.

Key responsibilities include:

• Sourcing, processing and loading portfolio data into analytics and risk systems, including MSCI Barra, ensuring data is accurate, timely and consistently maintained across platforms;
• Sourcing, processing and transforming data for reporting and visualisation tools, including PowerBI, while maintaining accurate and efficient data structures and identifying opportunities for enhancement;
• Maintaining and enhancing recurring reports across agreed deliverable formats, independently resolving data and reporting issues, and providing timely outputs to stakeholders;
• Designing and delivering ad hoc reports across agreed deliverable formats to address stakeholder requirements;
• Monitoring portfolio exposures, performance and risk using investment applications, identifying key drivers, and responding to stakeholder queries in a clear and timely manner;
• Conducting scenario and what-if analysis to support portfolio construction decisions;
• Supporting the preparation of periodic and ad hoc papers for internal committees, and recording accurate minutes from committee meetings;
• Assisting with day-to-day portfolio management activities and coordinating with internal teams to support effective implementation of investment decisions.

What You’ll Need

• Sound understanding of equity investment concepts, including portfolio performance and risk measures, portfolio construction frameworks, style factors and key macroeconomic return drivers;
• Advanced ability to analyse, interpret and manipulate data using tools such as Python and Excel, and proficiency in using Python to automate data processing, and reporting workflows;
• Proficiency in developing clear data visualisations and presentation materials, particularly in PowerBI;
• Strong attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy, consistency and quality across all outputs;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues across the Investments department;
• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Economics or a related quantitative discipline, such as Mathematics or Computer Science;
• CFA charterholder status or progress towards CFA accreditation would be advantageous;
• Prior experience in a fund-of-funds management environment would be advantageous along with a strong understanding of financial instruments, particularly equity derivatives;
• Familiarity with equities risk systems would be preferred;
• Demonstrated capability to write effective AI prompts to support data management, transformation and quality assurance.

Life at AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we’re happy to discuss what this looks like for you.

We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity.  We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.

What’s Next

Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.

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Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.

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