Analyst

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group (“CC&L FG”) is seeking an Analyst or Senior Analyst to join our Performance and Attribution Solutions Team (PAS). Our team focuses on delivering post-trade analytics to stakeholders and collaborating with affiliates to enhance their investment processes through value-add analytics. We are a team of professionals who engage with all levels of the organization, including direct interactions with our Portfolio Managers. We place high value on maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit and creating a culture where each of us has opportunities to succeed.  We are a stakeholder-centric and solution orientated team seeking likeminded individuals who thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment.

What You Will Do

• Investment performance calculations, attribution analysis, analytics and portfolio risk reporting across public / private asset classes.

• Support sales and marketing requests and provide data for RFPs and DDQs

• Research, propose, and maintain performance measurement and attribution methodologies for existing and new products.

• Develop and manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Provide analytical problem solving and troubleshooting.

• Identify process improvements and leverage best practices across the team.

• Understand new products and ensure proper reporting is in place.

What You Bring

• Approach problems with a curious and critical mindset

• Excellent Communicator, both verbal and written. Ability to express ideas, explain analytics/ methodologies and lead solution-oriented discussions with a wide range of audiences. 

• You have a collaborative spirit that helps you to work well with others and you communicate effectively.

• The ideal candidate has a passion for advancing the quality, scale and efficiency of data processes and is able to take ownership of multiple processes with keen attention to detail

• You constantly take a critical eye to processes with the goal of finding improvement opportunities and bring an ability to manage multiple projects.

• You possess an analytical mindset and can detect patterns to solve problems.

• You are able to pick up new Systems and tools quickly. You have advanced computer skills with an emphasis on MS Excel, Power Bi and have a desire to learn basic database query languages.

• You have an Undergraduate degree in business, mathematics or a related field. You are also enrolled (or considering enrollment) in the CFA or CIPM program.