Vontobel Asset Management serves the world’s leading asset owners. With over 300 investment professionals and offices around the world we advise client assets of USD 116.8bn (as of December 31, 2022). We are a performance driven, multi-boutique investment organization, where independent thinking and high convictions flourish thanks to our active investment approaches and long-term mindset.
At Vontobel, we empower our employees to take ownership of their work and bring opportunities to life. We do so based on the conviction that successful investing begins with the assumption of personal responsibility. We continuously scrutinize our achievements as we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients.
The Global Client Excellence team is the global hub for research, strategy development, business planning and quality management for our client engagement. We have a long standing track record in active, conviction led client, market and peer research. All our research is based on state of the art technology and data management, which allows us to be systematic and robust in developing our research insight.
Are you passionate about financial markets and want to take a leading role in interpreting market and competitor intelligence? Would you be keen to advise our leadership team on client engagement priorities, product development and tactical marketing? Would you enjoy shaping a cutting edge analytical and data platform while also interacting with key stakeholders in our client regions and investment teams across asset classes? If so, you could be the perfect candidate for our Head Market and Peer Intelligence vacancy.
Your Opportunity:
This is an entrepreneurial role with significant scope to create value and provide future proof recommendations.
- Lead the Market and Peer Intelligence team that performs the Asset Management analytics on a broad range of external and internal market and client data
- Interpret results of the analyses, derive insights, participate in discussions and recommend actions
- Handle regular as well as ad-hoc requests and reporting related to our market, product and competitor data
- Collaborate and work closely with various stakeholders across Vontobel to align our client activities with product demand
- Provide pro-active management advice to Senior Management
- Lead the quarterly Market and Peer Intelligence update meetings
- Take part in business projects related to Market Intelligence and Strategy topics (e.g. yearly business and strategy planning workshop)
- Line manager of one additional Market and Peer Intelligence team member based in New York, USA
Requirements:
- A strong academic background with a degree in business administration, finance or similar field
- At least 10 years relevant experience in a similar role in asset management
- A passion for market intelligence and the ability to transform data into meaningful insights
- Strong presentation and communication skills to share the outputs of your analyses with broad audience
- Ability to work independently, under pressure, against tight deadlines and to quickly adjust to changes in priorities
- Very good knowledge of Morningstar data, knowledge of other market data is a plus (e.g. eVestment, Broadridge)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office especially Power Point
- Well-organized and motivated person that works independently, strives for operational excellence and can handle pressure
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build excellent relationships with internal stakeholders
- Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)
Thank you for applying to Vontobel. We will carefully review your application and will respond to you in a timely manner.
At Vontobel, we are an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.
We value the many voices within our teams and are committed to creating an environment where everyone who wants to be part of our performance culture can be themselves. It is based on mutual respect and zero tolerance for any form of discrimination.
If you have any questions you can contact us through our contact form.