Investment Strategist, Institutional Solutions

Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate, other locations cannot be considered.

Investment Strategist, Institutional Solutions

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with previous experience to join our Institutional Solutions team. In this role, you will be responsible for working closely with existing and prospective clients to understand their investment objectives and to transform them into actionable, effective investment strategies and solutions.

A bit about the job:

We are a global asset manager that combines our insurance heritage, investment capabilities and sustainability expertise to deliver wealth and retirement outcomes that matter most to investors.

As the asset management business of one of the UK’s largest insurers, our experience makes us a natural partner for clients looking for consistent returns and enhanced capital preservation through market cycles. We invest across public and private markets, with extensive fixed income capabilities, and we offer bespoke solutions that cater to individual client needs. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the strategists within the team, the investment management desks (for example, our buy-and-maintain credit and LDI teams), and operational teams. Through the delivery of tailored investment solutions, you’ll be able to work with a diverse range of clients, primarily focused upon defined benefit pension schemes but with the ability to work with insurers and other institutional investors. A large part of the role is to solve investment problems on an ongoing basis. This opportunity offers the right candidate the ability to grow their existing investment knowledge through interesting and challenging client work.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience in solutions, asset management, or investment consulting business is desirable

• A broad understanding of public and private asset classes, including derivatives.

• Ability to communicate and present complex topics to clients

• Investment or similar professional qualifications would be beneficial.

• A highly organised self-motivated individual with the ability to work on multiple initiatives simultaneously

What you’ll get for this role:

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

• Eligibility for annual performance bonus

• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave

• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

• 21 volunteering hours per year

 In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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