Investment Data Analyst
Job Title: Investment Data Analyst
Division: Future Ireland Funds
Reports to: Deputy Director, Future Ireland Funds (or delegate TBC)
Job Family: Investment
Career Stream: Professional
Career Zone: Professionals/Specialists
Contract Type: Permanent
The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) provides asset and liability management services to the Irish Government. It has evolved from a single function agency managing the National Debt to a manager of a complex portfolio of public assets and liabilities. Businesses managed by the NTMA include the State Claims Agency, the New Economy and Recovery Authority (NewERA), the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and the National Development Finance Agency. The NTMA also assigns staff to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI).
FUTURE IRELAND FUNDS
The NTMA manages both the Future Ireland Fund (FIF) which aims to ensure steady and long-term support for state expenditure from 2041, and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund (ICNF)which is designed to bolster state spending in response to economic downturns or to fund environmental initiatives between 2026 and 2030. The Funds were established in 2024 and currently have over €10 billion of assets, and are expected to continue to grow over the coming years. The NTMA has established a new business unit, the Future Ireland Funds, to manage the FIF and ICNF and is seeking suitable candidates for a number of key roles.
This role offers excellent benefits including:
* Flexible work options including hybrid working and variable work hours
* An extensive wellbeing programme
* Excellent learning and development opportunities that allow for full career development within the organisation
* A diverse range of initiatives: LGBT+, Gender Matters, Disability Awareness, Sports & Social, Volunteering and lots more
* Reimbursement of annual professional membership fees
* Career average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
Principal Accountabilities:
The candidate will be required to work alongside all colleagues across the full range of the Future Ireland Funds' investment and operational activities. The principal responsibilities will include:
1. Analysis of complex investment data sets to support the management of the investment portfolio
2. Support implementation of the Funds' investment strategies, relating to ongoing research, asset allocation and portfolio design
3. Provide advanced reporting and analytics capabilities in the format of dashboards, statistical analysis, and models
4. Manage the ingestion, validation and reconciliation of investment data sets from external third parties
5. Assist with the creation of appropriate data governance processes and procedures
6. Compile, review and reconcile periodic reports as part of regular reporting processes.
7. Deal with ad-hoc information requests from a variety of stakeholders within the FIF and NTMA
8. Lead the in-depth analysis of data quality issues presenting in financial data from different sources
9. Present analytical findings to all levels of management as required
10. Supporting the Portfolio Construction and Operations team in meeting the associated deliverables across Finance, Compliance, Risk and Internal Audit
11. Assisting the wider FIF team with queries and tasks as required
12. Working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
Essential Knowledge and Experience:
The ideal candidate will:
* Have a third level qualification in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline; qualification in Analytics and/or CFA designation would be beneficial
* Knowledge & experience working with investment products, performance measurement methods and related data is essential
* Knowledge of techniques involved in financial modelling, portfolio construction, data management, data quality and analytics processes
* >3 years' investment industry experience working with financial software and tools (e.g. PowerBI, Bloomberg), alongside advanced excel / analytical skills
* Experience in production of a variety of portfolio in dashboards and reportings
* Demonstrate a keen and well-informed interest in the funds' investment process and in further developing knowledge and expertise in this area
* Experience in dealing with a multiple asset classes across public and private markets would be advantageous
* Experience across operational aspects of fund management is desirable