Austin, Texas
High Yield Investment Analyst Job Opening in Austin, Texas - Monthly Salary: $7,000.00-$11,750.00
Job Posting Number: 1094
Salary Group: B28
Opening Date: 06/02/2017
Closing Date: Open Until Closed
Number of Openings: 1
We do not accept resumes in lieu of applications. To apply for positions at the Employees Retirement System of Texas, a State of Texas Application and ERS Qualifications Form are required. To access these forms and for more information on how to apply, visit our career page.
Essential Functions :
Independently identifies investment opportunities in accordance with group investment principles, portfolio goals, and guidelines from both the primary and secondary markets.
Formulates and communicates investment rationales, both orally and in writing.
Contributes to the achievement of return, volatility, and other investment goals.
Responds to portfolio management requests for information, analysis and opinion.
Maintains documentation supporting investment recommendations.
Monitors market and economic conditions, corporate, industry and sector trends, as well as the primary and secondary fixed income markets.
Monitors and evaluates macro-economic and regulatory conditions.
Develops and maintains professional relationship with brokers, sell-side analysts, company contacts and other vendors.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
Assists with trade execution as needed.
Applies team?s investment process.
Participates in fixed income meetings.
Supports the rest of the fixed income team as well as the equity investment teams.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Essential Work Behaviors:
Forms, communicates and documents well-reasoned investment rationales.
Adheres to the team?s investment principles.
Uses critical thinking in all aspects of the work.
Cooperates with other team members in reaching goals.
Learns and adopts best practices for security selection.
Reads background information from a wide set of sources to keep abreast of potential market investment impacting information.
Travels as necessary, be it for company visits, industry conferences, analyst meetings and counter-party meetings in support of the investment process and skill development.
Works to improve skills and methods.
Complies with CFA Institute (CFAI) Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.
Complies with all applicable agency policies and procedures, including safety and standards of conduct
Attends work regularly in accordance with agency leave and attendance policies.
Complies with ethics standards and restrictions on personal investment activities set forth in ERS investment policy.
Required Minimum Qualifications : Your application for employment must reflect how you meet each of the following minimum qualifications:
1. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics and/or accounting.
2. Five and one half (5 ½) years of directly related work experience in high yield fixed income or equity security analysis and selection. Each level of the CFA program successfully completed may be substituted for six months of required experience. Master?s degree in business, finance, economics and/or accounting may substitute for one year of work experience.
3. Experience using Bloomberg.
4. Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other business productivity tools.
Preferred Qualifications: Your application for employment should reflect how you meet the following preferred qualifications:
5. Master's degree in business, finance, economics and/or accounting.
6. Current participation in Chartered Financial Analyst program or CFA designation.
Other Information: Work is performed in an office environment. This position may require access to privileged, confidential or sensitive data. ERS will conduct either a TXDPS or FBI criminal history check on all new hires. For more information about this policy inquiries can be made to Human Resources.
Military Occupational Specialty Codes:
There are no military equivalent specialist codes for this position. Please contact Human Resources with questions or for additional information.
Additional Military Crosswalk information specific to this posting can be accessed at the State Auditor?s office link below. Compare the Class Number in the ERS job posting to the Class Code on the State Auditor?s Office listing of job descriptions. The Military Crosswalk appears under Occupational Category for each job description.
How to Apply: Submit a State of Texas Application for Employment with an ERS Qualifications Form & other required materials, if any, to the ERS, Human Resources Office by 5 p.m. CST on the closing date. Resumes will be accepted only as supplements to an application. Please contact a Human Resources representative if you need assistance or require accommodation during the application process.
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Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $7,000.00 to $11,750.00 /month
Required education:
Bachelor's
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