About this role
Senior Performance and Attribution Analyst - Asset Management
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) is a trillion-dollar global investment manager dedicated to helping clients achieve their long-term investment objectives.
This role is responsible for delivering performance measurement, attribution analysis, and investment analytics to support investment decision-making and client reporting. The successful candidate will partner closely with portfolio managers and stakeholders to provide insightful analysis, enhance reporting capabilities, and drive digital and data-led transformation initiatives across the function through automation and scalable solutions.
Major Duties
- Provide performance measurement and attribution analysis services for a range of investment strategies, with a particular focus on quantitative and active investment products.
- Analyse and deconstruct portfolio returns using Brinson-Fachler and factor-based attribution methodologies, including style, sector, and security selection analysis.
- Partner closely with portfolio management teams to validate attribution outputs and ensure reporting accuracy.
- Act as a subject matter expert in the development and enhancement of performance measurement, performance evaluation, and asset allocation reporting capabilities.
- Investigate data, reporting, and process issues, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions.
- Support digital and data transformation initiatives across EMEA, including the design and implementation of scalable analytics and reporting solutions.
- Contribute to the strategic development of the performance measurement, reporting, and investment analytics function, identifying opportunities for automation, efficiency, and scalability.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
- Minimum 7 years' experienc