Analyst, Portfolio Management (Equities)

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Austin, TX, USA
Hybrid
Entry level
Financial Services
The Role
Supports daily portfolio management for equity investments through cash forecasting, currency hedging, credit-line management, corporate-event analysis, client presentation preparation, and ad hoc projects. The role collaborates across trading, research, technology, legal, compliance, operations, and client teams, while participating in analyst development and investment-process improvement programs.
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Job Description:

Portfolio Management is responsible for the daily oversight and management of Dimensional’s portfolios and implements our investment philosophy across all our investment solutions. Portfolio Management interacts and collaborates closely with several departments including Trading, Research, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and the Global Client Group to ensure a superior investment experience for our clients.

 

The Portfolio Management team ensures that Dimensional’s portfolios deliver consistent and efficient exposure to the dimensions of higher expected returns, as identified by the greatest minds in modern financial economics. Our portfolio managers achieve this exposure by implementing a daily and systematic portfolio management process. In addition to overseeing and enhancing this process, portfolio managers also interact with current and prospective clients.

The Equities team monitors portfolios, securities, and markets to consistently and efficiently deliver the equity exposures to achieve higher expected returns for our clients.

 

As an Analyst, you will support the day-to-day needs of the Portfolio Management team. Analysts are responsible for performing a series of daily tasks to ensure that our management and trading processes run smoothly.

In addition to standard responsibilities, Analysts collaborate with senior team members on ad-hoc requests and projects that provide outstanding learning opportunities and the chance to gain familiarity with processes related to fund management. Once settled into the role, Analysts join the “Analyst Development Program” as well as get a chance to become junior leads of a number of investment processes. The increasing exposure to various tasks and great emphasis on development set out the first stepping-stones en-route to becoming a Portfolio Manager.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Support cash management of portfolios with credit lines, currency hedges and cash forecasting

  • Analyze voluntary corporate events and recommend elections to Portfolio Managers

  • Prepare data for Portfolio Manager presentations to clients and internal executives

  • Complete ad hoc requests from Portfolio Managers

  • Propose and execute projects that increase process efficiency and improve portfolio outcomes

  • Collaborate across business functions and teams, both internal and external to the firm

 

Desired Experience and Traits:

  • Bachelor’s degree required

  • Demonstrated understanding of and alignment with Dimensional’s investment strategy

  • Time-management skills

  • High attention to detail and commitment to excellent work quality

  • Comfort with large data sets

  • Verbal communication and presentation skills

  • Excellent quantitative problem-solving and analytic skills

  • Intellectual curiosity

  • Background or interest in finance and financial theory

  • Aptitude for learning basic computer programming languages and software

  • Knowledge of SQL, VBA, and/or Excel is helpful

This job is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

 

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Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.

It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.  The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates. 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Understanding of and alignment with the company's investment strategy
  • Strong time-management skills
  • High attention to detail and commitment to excellent work quality
  • Comfort working with large data sets
  • Verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Excellent quantitative problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Intellectual curiosity
  • Background or interest in finance and financial theory
  • Aptitude for learning basic computer programming languages and software
  • Knowledge of SQL, VBA, and/or Excel

Dimensional Fund Advisors Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Dimensional Fund Advisors and has not been reviewed or approved by Dimensional Fund Advisors.

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Work–life balance is portrayed as notably strong and is often framed as part of the total package. Feedback suggests lifestyle and culture help offset only average cash levels for many roles.
  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, mental‑health support, and HSA/FSA options. An on‑site clinic in Austin and wellness programs are cited as meaningful adds to the overall offering.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and holidays are characterized as generous, with parental leave and adoption assistance highlighted as part of the package. Feedback suggests time‑off policies are a consistent bright spot across locations where available.

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
1,490 Employees
Year Founded: 1981

What We Do

Dimensional is a leading global investment firm that has been translating academic research into practical investment solutions since 1981. Guided by a strong belief in markets, we help investors pursue higher expected returns through a systematic investment process that integrates research insights with advanced portfolio design, management, and trading while balancing tradeoffs that can impact returns. Dimensional is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has 14 global offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. As of March 31, 2022, Dimensional manages $659 billion for investors worldwide.

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