Manager Performance And Attribution Reporting

Job description / Role

Core responsibilities

Performance measurement & attribution

• Manage the end-to-end investment performance measurement process across all investment portfolios and asset classes, and all the aggregations of those portfolios.
• Ensure accurate calculation and validation of portfolio returns aligned to approved methodologies.
• Produce and review performance contribution and attribution analyses, including but not limited to:
  • Asset allocation & security selection
  • Factor attribution
  • Risk-adjusted performance analysis
• Validate benchmark calculations and comparative performance reporting and analysis.
• Ensure consistency between internal and external performance analysis where applicable.

Portfolio analytics, reporting and executive information

• Analyse portfolio performance against investment objectives, benchmarks, strategic asset allocation, and other relevant asset class and industry approaches.
• Identify key drivers of portfolio returns and investigate and understand performance variances.
• Produce investment performance analysis and reports for stakeholders including:
  • Executive management
  • Committees
  • Asset class teams / portfolio managers
  • Chief financial officer
• Prepare analytical insights and commentary supporting investment reviews and governance discussions ensuring the information is presented to stakeholders in clear and informative ways.
• Support ad hoc portfolio performance analysis.

Performance data management, documentation & controls

• Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and reconciliation of performance data across different platforms and systems.
• Perform data validation and exception management to maintain high-quality reporting outputs.
• Maintain documentation of policies and controls governing performance measurement and attribution methodologies and standards.
• Support internal and external audit requirements through complete documentation and evidence of methodologies and controls.

Systems - automation & continuous improvement & digital transformation

• Oversee day-to-day operation of performance reporting platforms and analytical tools in collaboration with any related parties.
• Support implementation of system and methodology enhancements, and reporting automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with IT and data teams to improve integration between platforms and systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and accuracy, reduce manual intervention, enhance data quality.
• Develop and implement enhanced analytical visualization, with support of other IT and data teams where necessary.
• Develop and support the usage and adoption of AI-enabled analytical and reporting tools.

Governance & stakeholder management

• Ensure compliance with approved performance and analytical reporting methodologies, governance standards, and internal controls and policies. Conduct periodic review of such methodologies and standards.
• Coordinate with investment, risk, operations and other relevant teams to resolve performance and reporting issues and data discrepancies.
• Liaise with any third party service providers and entities to ensure data accuracy and service quality.
• Support governance forums through timely, accurate performance and attribution reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, or a related discipline.
• CIPM, CFA charter holder or equivalent professional qualification is highly desirable.

Experience requirements

• 10–12 years of experience in investment performance measurement, attribution reporting, portfolio analytics, or investment reporting.
• Minimum 3 years leading or supervising performance reporting teams.
• Experience within a sovereign wealth fund, asset owner, asset management firm, pension fund, or institutional investment environment is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience working with multi-asset portfolios, benchmark methodologies, and institutional investment performance reporting.
• Experience implementing analytical reporting enhancements, automation initiatives, or performance systems development is required.

Technical expertise / skills / knowledge

• Strong knowledge of investment performance measurement and contribution/attribution methodologies across public and private assets within an overall multi-asset portfolio.
• Strong understanding of accounting, valuation, and investment data and flows.
• Deep experience within the areas of portfolio analytics, benchmark construction, and performance reporting.
• Familiarity with performance measurement systems (e.g., Solovis, SimCorp, BNY Eagle, Bloomberg PORT, FactSet, MSCI Barra, or equivalent).
• Advanced analytical, reporting, commentary and presentation skills, specifically with reporting and data visualization tools e.g. Power BI.
• Ability to interpret complex investment information and communicate insights clearly to senior stakeholders both in spoken and written form.