Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Your challenge

The CIO Office Global Fixed Income team is responsible for managing the bank’s global bond funds and discretionary mandates. The team consists of 16 specialists based in Switzerland and has delivered above-average risk-adjusted returns in recent years by combining the best practices of institutional and private wealth management. The role of Fixed Income Portfolio Manager includes the following responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the design and management of individual portfolios, as well as the accurate, timely, and compliant implementation of investment strategies and asset allocation decisions
• Ensuring that the assigned portfolios always comply with the defined investment guidelines and restrictions and adhere to the applicable investment universe
• Optimization of the portfolios’ risk-adjusted performance relative to specified benchmarks (strategic and/or tactical asset allocation, benchmarks)
• Taking responsibility for the resulting performance as a portfolio manager and member of the CIOO Global Fixed Income Mandate Team
• Communicate with relationship managers, clients, and prospective clients to support the CIOO Global Fixed Income team’s goal of continuously expanding its successful bond franchise
• A comprehensive understanding and management of the individual risk and return drivers of the assigned accounts through optimized portfolio construction
• Responsibility for the design and maintenance of actively managed model portfolios of individual bonds
• Supporting the CIOO Global Fixed Income team with various tasks and projects
• Ensuring appropriate ethical and compliant conduct within the scope of responsibility

Your profile

• Master’s degree; CFA designation is preferred
• 2–5 years of relevant professional experience as a fixed-income portfolio manager with in-depth knowledge of the bond asset class
• Proven track record as a portfolio manager for bond portfolios invested in individual bonds and other bond submarkets
• Strong communication skills when interacting with relationship managers and clients
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and trust; customer- and service-oriented personality
• Responsibility for the resulting investment performance as a portfolio manager
• A passion for investing and a buy-side mindset grounded in a solid understanding of risk and sound judgment
• A focus on investment performance combined with a strong sense of responsibility, reliability, and a team-oriented attitude
• An entrepreneurial mindset focused on the opportunity to contribute to the further development of the bond franchise
• Excellent analytical skills, quantitative, detail-oriented, ability to think critically and form independent opinions
• A flexible, independent, and organized work style; the ability to handle multiple tasks in a dynamic environment