Analyst, Investment Analytics - Fixed Income

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Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Get to Know the Opportunity

Voya Investment Management is seeking a highly motivated self-starter Analyst within the Investment Data & Analytics Team. The individual will report to the VP, Investment Analytics. Success in this role requires a strong analytical mindset and a high attention to detail. This role will be responsible for overseeing daily analytics reports to ensure accuracy. This role also plays a crucial role as part of a team supporting data and analytics as part of the investment process.

The Contributions You Will Make

• Investment Data Concepts: Partake in conversations applying knowledge of investment data concepts including aspects of Discounted Cash Flows (DCF), Duration, Yield, and overall ability to tie the structure of the asset to the analytics that are produced within an analytics model.
• Analytics Data Oversight: Accountable for oversight of investment analytics data for both public and private fixed income instruments. Ensure analytics related deliverables are completed timely and accurately. Ensure root cause analysis approach is performed on data quality issues affecting investment data to ensure end-to-end resolution; coordinate resolution with other groups as required.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with various groups, including Risk, Investment Teams, Compliance, etc. on daily production and key initiatives.
• Risk Model Evaluation: Partake in conversations to evaluate and understand investment data models.
• Key Projects: Partake in conversations related to team projects and initiatives.
• Investment Strategy Knowledge: Work with the senior members of the team to develop knowledge in the various investment strategies and respective nuances.
• Data Requests: Ensure prompt responses to investment data requests from key customers, including traders, portfolio managers, sales, and client service personnel.
• Reporting:  Responsible for producing recurring and ad hoc fixed income analytics reports to internal and external stakeholders, applying knowledge of fixed income to assess accuracy.
• Vendor Engagement: Liaise with key vendors to establish recurring touchpoints to raise outstanding items and key topics. Drive the coordination of enhancements within the investment platform with the vendor.
• Benchmark Rebalance Processes: Work alongside the investment teams to perform analysis on benchmark rebalances to ensure the data is comprehensive and accurate.
• Focus on Continuous Improvement: Bring a fresh perspective on existing issues, processes, and controls to develop and recommend new and improved controls and procedural enhancements.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related field. Masters in a similar degree, preferred.
• 3-5 years’ experience in a similar or related role supporting fixed income analytics.
• Highly effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Excellent ability to problem solve, execute process improvements resulting in robust processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or ability to learn investment products.
• Ability to collaborate across teams to devise comprehensive solutions.
• Ability to multi-task, set direction and thrive in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic that is eager to develop and learn.
• An analytical mindset, strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel & SQL skills required; Snowflake & python, a plus.
• Demonstrated use of AI required with an open mindset to utilization of AI.
• Interest or progress toward CFA, a plus.
  
  

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

$80,000 to $90,000 USD

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

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Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.