(Junior) Portfolio Manager Treasury & Rates

Do you want to learn everything on liquid fixed income markets by supporting in analysis and transactions implementation, and contribute to quant-based investment idea generations? And have a career within the Athora Investment Office? Then we are looking for you!

What you need to know about us

We are Athora Netherlands, an insurance company with the well-known brands Zwitserleven and Reaal. We are mainly involved in pensions and life insurance in the Dutch market. We are part of a European group with offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and Italy. We are a strong company with over one million customers and we want to grow into one of the most important players in the rapidly changing pension market in the coming years. That is why we are looking for people who are not afraid of change, who are getting things done, who have the ambition to achieve results and who therefore know how to get the best out of themselves and their team. Smarter together, we call it.

What are you going to do?

With a balance sheet of €65 billion and being one of the largest insurance companies in the Netherlands. Athora Netherlands has maintained strong and steadily increasing organic capital generation in the last years, driven by strong investment performance, also benefiting from the strategic partnership with Apollo Global Management.

We are looking for a (Junior) Portfolio Manager Treasury & Rates (T&R) within the Investment Office. The Investment Office manages the own portfolio in two main pillars: T&R and Return Seeking assets. The latter focuses on higher yield, often less liquid assets like private credits, real estate and alternatives. Within T&R the focus is on more liquid fixed income markets, ranging from cash like asset, government bonds, FX forwards, interest rate swaps, swaptions, inflation swaps and to certain extent corporate bonds. These investments are used for income generation as well as risk management against of the insurance liabilities. Additionally, T&R is involved in structuring of balance sheet solutions, performance monitoring and regulatory issues related to the portfolio management activities. In all activities ESG is an element to consider. Within T&R there is a close cooperation between the team members, as well as with the other members of the Investment Office.

You bring to the team a quant bias, initially applying expertise in database management and programming to support various analytics and performance monitoring, while at the same time picking up skills in financial instrument pricing, investments/trading and insurance ALM. You will support senior PMs in analysis and transactions implementation, and contribute to quant-based investment idea generations. In the longer run there is a wide range of career opportunities within Treasury & Rates and across Investment Office. The culture of Athora Netherlands and the Investment Office is open and inclusive. In addition, we count on your own responsibility to deliver, with flexibility to choose where to work (home or office).

The (Junior) Portfolio Manager has several tasks/responsibilities:

• Has an active role in the management of a fixed income and derivatives portfolio;

• Will build and use experience with a wide range of financial instruments, like government bonds, interest rate and FX derivatives;

• Has a strong entrepreneurial spirit and communicational skills, commercial sense next to attention to detail, diligent, accurate and proactive;

• Has the ability to work independent and as part of a multi-disciplinary team with strong analytical and numerical skills and able to handle pressure/deadlines

What do we ask from you?

• You have a master degree in Economics, Econometrics or related field of study with quantitative orientation

• Strong analytical and programming skills

• 0 to 7 years of work experience with direct work/internship experience in financial markets

• The candidate is a true team player and has the ability to establish close ties with other departments such as the risk department and reporting

• Excellent writing and communication skills in English

• Fluency in Dutch is preferred but not essential

• Preferably a professional qualification, such as CFA, VBA, CAIA or equivalent, or willingness to work towards it

Competencies

• Organizational sensitivity;

• Communication skills;

• Personal integrity;

• Good sense of humor.

What do you get from us?

You get about 900 colleagues who all think they work for a special company. You will have the opportunity to make an important contribution to the socially relevant theme of pensions; we ensure that your pension is properly arranged, so that you can enjoy your pension.

You will have the opportunity to really make a difference when it comes to sustainability, because we have a leading role in our business operations and investments for years. Of course, you will get a (flexible) workplace at one of our offices that are among the best 7% in the world. And because you also work regularly from home, you will receive a budget to set up your home office properly.

In exchange for your commitment, talent and skills, next to your salary plus a holiday allowance and a thirteenth month, you will receive 27 vacation days (with a 36-hour contract) and a public transport card or travel allowance for the days you come to the office. And, not unimportantly, we think, you will receive a training budget of 1,000 euros every year, so that you can continue to develop yourself. This gives you the opportunity to grow, within our company or beyond.

Excited?

Please respond quickly using the button below For further questions you can contact Fallon or Eveline at recruitment@athora.nl

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