Position Overview:
The Valuation Analyst supports the critical pricing and security valuation processes by providing independent oversight of valuations used in our various funds and investment vehicles.
The Portfolio Accounting, Performance, and Valuation team supports and creates complex valuation methods for financial instruments and provides timely, insightful, fundamental and quantitative insights. It is responsible for reviewing, calculating, and analyzing performance and attribution results. The team provides valuation oversight to Aegon Asset Management globally through detailed review of security valuations and application of market standard valuation methodologies.
The team supports the investment process by providing timely, insightful, fundamental, and quantitative feedback. The Portfolio Accounting, Performance, and Valuation team provides extensive analytic support to stakeholders and quantitative analysis to support the investment management process and commercial efforts. The team covers a wide array of public and private investment vehicles and diverse strategies while adhering to GIPS standards and principals.
Responsibilities:
- Applies advanced understanding of valuation methods for financial instruments
- Review valuations and valuation model outputs against thresholds and take necessary actions to accept or resolve exceptions
- Participates in valuation model development and testing. Prepares required model documentation in compliance with policies and standards.
- Collaborates with team members and related teams in assuring appropriate valuations for covered investments.
- May create and/or update desktop procedures for assigned tasks and update key control documents for process changes
- Identifies errors or concerns with team processes and for upstream/downstream processes
- May address intermediate to complex queries from internal parties and/or auditors.
Required Qualifications:
- Advanced Degree equivalent education and experience
- CFA, FRM, MBA or similar; or ability/intention to acquire
- ~3 years of experience or more
- A strong customer focus and stakeholder management skills
- Security valuation experience in institutional investment industry
- Good sense of humor
Aegon Asset Management
Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) is a leading global investor. Our 385 investment professionals manage and advise on assets of US $337 billion for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations.
We organize our firm around four investment platforms: fixed income, real assets, equities and multi-asset & solutions, which includes a fiduciary and multi-manager business. Each investment platform has dedicated teams with deep asset-class expertise, organized globally and committed to maximizing client benefit from their specialist areas.
We are an international business: Our 1,160 employees work from 13 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.
What will you be getting?
- Compensation level depend upon an applicant’s qualifications and will be determined by hiring supervisors/managers and HR;
- Plenty of scope and budget for your personal and professional development;
- A good pension scheme.
- By Q2 2025 Aegon will move to our new office at Schiphol WTC.
Interested? Apply!
Are you interested in joining our Team? We look forward to receiving your resume and motivation letter. Then make sure you apply immediately! Do you have some more questions? Send an email to Talent Acquisition via [email protected].
Diversity & Inclusion
At Aegon Asset Management, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We are more than a global Asset Management firm – we are a people business, and we recognize that delivering excellent client outcomes comes from harnessing diverse perspectives. We value diversity in the full range of human uniqueness without limitation including race, gender, ability, language, culture, beliefs, age, origin, background, perspectives and experiences.
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Equal Opportunity Employer:Aegon Asset Management aims to be an employer of choice in the financial services industry. As a global company, we offer excellent terms of employment, a very diverse and inspiring work environment, and development opportunities.
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What We Do
We help people achieve a lifetime of financial security and to enjoy a meaningful life – both now and in retirement. Not only do we offer products and services to achieve this but we also focus on financial wellbeing. When we talk about financial wellbeing this is how you feel about the control you have over your financial future – and your relationship with money. It’s about focusing on the things that make their life enjoyable and meaningful – both now and in retirement.
We want you to feel confident and empowered when managing your money and know that it’s possible to improve your situation in some way.
Aegon's products and services range from life, critical illness and disability insurance, to pensions, annuities, long-term savings and investments. We also offer mortgages, and car, household and travel insurance in some markets. In the US, we’re known as Transamerica, one of the best-known names in the North American financial services industry. Globally over 22,000 Aegon employees help almost 30 million customers take responsibility for their financial future.
