Senior Investment Analyst

5 days ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia HESTA Super Fund Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Careers with Impact

More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top-performing industry super fund working for real-world impact. We use our expertise and influence to deliver strong long-term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world.

HESTA is also an inspiring and rewarding place to work. That's because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members. The people who work at HESTA are not only exceptional at what they do, they're focused on living and creating a strong organisational culture. We're an industry super fund dedicated to the people who keep our communities going. People who provide some of the best health, education and community services in the world are HESTA members – and we are proud to serve them.

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact

The Senior Investment Analyst – Portfolio Risk plays a key role in the Portfolio Design team by supporting the development and maintenance of high-quality risk models and analytics to monitor, stress and inform investment risk taking. 

In this role you will support the whole of fund multi-asset class ex-ante risk models, including portfolio risk mapping, stress and scenarios testing, and risk playbooks. You will maintain a comprehensive long-term risk budgeting model and assist with customised risk dashboards to succinctly convey both qualitative and quantitative risk settings for each Investment Option available to our members.

Working with the boarder Portfolio Design team, you will have the opportunity to research volatility correlation and return distribution profiles and assist with Options specific DAA or risk overlay trades to manage near term exposure, peer and regulatory risk. You will also assist with the development of capital market assumptions, portfolio stress testing, scenario modelling, cash flow and liquidity modelling.

About You

With strong experience in an investment risk role, you will have a working knowledge of investment risk management, especially as it relates to portfolio positioning and you will have a sound understanding of different asset classes and the influence of economic data and policies on financial markets.

Required technical skills include experience utilising analytical programs and strong experience of coding platforms such as Python, Matlab, R, Excel, Visual Basic. You will be practiced in researching, analysing and presenting investment findings and asset allocation recommendations in an engaging way (in both written and verbal formats).

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees

  • Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).
  • Your Professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.
  • Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.
  • Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity. 

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team and we'll call you to discuss. 

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position 



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