Fixed Income Product Analyst

Fixed Income Product Analyst

Requirements

• 3-5 yrs experience with fixed income instruments and experience in the investment-management industry
• Ability to work effectively under pressure while multitasking, adhering to tight deadlines and maintaining strategic relationships with internal partners
• Excellent communication skills, highly detail-oriented and organized
• Marketing and messaging skills, with the vision to create and maintain a compelling story for the firm’s fixed income business and individual products
• A team player with highly developed interpersonal skills, including collaboration, negotiation and consensus building
• A desire to interact with internal clients and to guide their product knowledge and support our sales efforts
• Current CFA or progressing towards preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as first point of contact for Global Sales (Regional Consultants / Managers, Institutional Associates / Advisors, etc.) for the specific products, as assigned, but with broad exposure to the full array of fixed income strategies at AB.
• Partner with Investment Management to create and update a strong, consistent suite of core product marketing and client-service materials, in collaboration with marketing colleagues.
• Build a presence and deep understanding of the investment process, market outlook, and become a strong advocate for the services (e.g. Portfolio Specialist).
• Explain portfolio performance and positioning by conducting attribution and risk reports in coordination with the portfolio management team.
• Create new sales ideas/ways to advocate product.
• Understand overall region/channel strategies to communicate priorities to broader team and members of investment management.
• Collaborate with the Global Product Management Team to define focus areas, business development initiatives, areas for training.
• Support Learning & Development for regional training initiatives.
• Assist on/review RFPs, and answer advisor/relationship manager questions on specific sales opportunities.
• Identify areas for thought leadership that connect with product responsibilities.
• Review and update prospecting decks, fact sheets and product overviews for products on the fixed income platform.
• Write market commentary and updates.
• Update internal sources (e.g. Salesforce, the Loop, etc.); works with data team to ensure accuracy of database information.
• Partner with RFP team to respond to inquiries.
• Respond to incoming client inquiries and internal requests.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current CFA or progressing towards preferred