Job Description
Investment Manager
An exciting opportunity awaits an experienced and analytically driven Investment Manager ready to play a pivotal role in a sophisticated, multi-asset investment environment. This Investment Manager position offers a rare blend of hands-on portfolio analytics, strategic influence, and technical leadership—ideal for professionals eager to operate at the intersection of risk, returns, and innovation.
As an Investment Manager, you will take ownership of portfolio risk analytics and contribute directly to portfolio construction decisions. The Investment Manager will partner closely with senior investment leadership to manage market exposures, evaluate portfolio resilience, and support risk-aware decision-making across a globally diversified portfolio. You will also oversee a complex portable alpha program, working with derivatives and external partners to optimize market exposure.
The Investment Manager will lead in-depth analysis of external manager performance, including factor decomposition, attribution, and alpha-beta separation. A critical aspect of this role involves translating sophisticated analytics into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders, including investment committees and executive leadership.
The Investment Manager will serve as a technical leader, helping design and evolve the investment team’s data and analytics infrastructure. This includes shaping dashboards, reporting systems, and integrating data across multiple platforms.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing portfolio risk frameworks, including factor, currency, and downside exposure analysis
- Overseeing derivatives strategies and portable alpha implementation
- Conducting manager performance attribution and risk decomposition
- Supporting asset allocation, scenario analysis, and portfolio construction decisions
- Advancing analytics, data pipelines, and AI-driven investment processes
- Preparing materials for senior stakeholders and investment committees
- Mentoring junior team members and contributing to team development
The ideal Investment Manager has:
-7–10 years of institutional investment experience
-advanced technical skills in Python, data analytics, and risk modeling
-Familiarity with derivatives, factor investing, and emerging AI tools in investment management is highly valued
Compensation range starts at $150,000
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Managementunmatched
- Derivativesunmatched
- Investment Managementunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Market Analysisunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Portfolio Analysisunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
- Riskunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Risk Managementunmatched
- Risk Modelingunmatched
- Team Buildingunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical Strategyunmatched
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