Senior Performance Analyst

At SEI we value our employees and believe in driving growth through change. Part of building brave futures is making a concerted effort to develop and challenge our employees to achieve their goals through internal job mobility.

An opportunity has arisen for a candidate with performance measurement, reporting and portfolio analytics experience to join our Investment Performance Team within the UK SEI Wealth Platform. You will mainly be assisting with the timely and accurate delivery of client portfolio performance services, vetting returns data input, as well as participating in strategic and tactical projects to enhance SEI's service offering and overall quality of processes. This role would suit a self-directed professional who is comfortable working in a global environment (India based Performance Analysts and US based Tech Support), who possesses an analytical mindset with a collaborative approach and a strong understanding of all technical issues associated with performance measurement in the financial services industry.

As a future Senior Performance Analyst you will report to the Client and Performance Reporting Manager and you will be part of SEI Wealth Platform Investment Operations - wider Investment and Regulatory Reporting Team.

Operational Support

• You will have responsibility for the production, validation and reporting and/or secondary review of monthly client portfolio performance and benchmarks returns data calculations to the highest level of accuracy within agreed SLAs.
• You will act as an escalation point for any issues or questions that arise on the internal performance measurement third party application and data workflow from and/or into the SEI Wealth Platform.
• You will take responsibility for sharing knowledge, providing mentoring and cross educating others within the team (UK or India based colleagues) to help elevate the wider team understanding and performance.

Subject Matter Expert

• You will be expected to use your theoretical knowledge to set up, interpret, and scrutinise system-generated performance output (e.g.: Multi Asset Portfolio returns, Contribution & Attribution returns).
• You will assist the team with the development of new ideas to further improve the detection of data gaps and overall efficiency of existing processes using Excel, VBA and SQL predominantly.
• You will be the Subject Matter Expert on Performance, Attribution and Benchmark, acting as a resource on routine and complex queries from the internal teams and external clients.
• You will be expected to follow industry trends and standards as well as understand how the internal performance product is evolving to fulfill growing demands from clients.
• You will establish and strengthen existing relationships with SEI's client firms and internal stakeholders (Client Reporting, Operations, Client Services, and Development support teams).

Project Management:

• You will have responsibility for analysis and defining service issues, opportunities and enhancements. This includes the implementation of solutions to improve the reporting processes.
• You will assist the team with tactical and strategic client firms' projects and other business tasks as assigned and seek to complete these within the expected timescales.
• You will actively participate in the testing of all technology upgrades, providing support pre and post implementation of new performance solutions as well as the adoption within the organisation.

• A strong academic background preferably in Economics/Finance, or Math/Engineering
• Demonstrable experience in an investment performance or portfolio analytics role
• Knowledge of performance measurement and attribution methodologies
• Advanced Excel skills including VBA macro
• Proficient in SQL (Preferred)
• Solid understanding of different asset types and multi-asset portfolios

• Highly organised with a positive attitude towards problem-solving is essential.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills; role requires interaction with all levels of internal staff and external client firms.
• Self-motivated and self-reliant
• Team player with a proactive approach
• Numerate and Analytical
• Ability to work with high-volume data while maintaining excellent attention to details
• Ability to manage multiple projects

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