Analyst for a Pension fund - role ?

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#1

Hi, I would like your opinions on what kind of role this is - BO/MO/FO. The job title is Analyst for a pension investment fund, to me it sounds like a MO role since there is some excel involved - any thoughts ? If the job description does not have the word “trading” or “investment decisions” - can I assume it means no FO ? …and thus not worthwhile since you won’t be doing pure finance JOB DESCRIPTION =============== -Participate in the design and development of Excel based investment management tools. -Support the analysts in researching and collating data on various sectors and markets. -Provide assistance in the reorganisation of electronic filing systems. -Assist in other relevant tasks. Qualifications: Education -Bachelor of Commerce students -High academic achievement Knowledge and Skills -High level of proficiency with computer tools such as MS-Office (particularly Excel) -Bilingual: English and French (spoken and written) -Excellent focus on detail and good organizational skills -High level of autonomy -Knowledge of Bloomberg and other investment software, an asset

#2

Sounds MO-ish, but who knows? Entry level people generally don’t do their own analysis for a while. Maybe eventually, you will have opportunities to do different things. The only way to find out is to apply and ask them.

#3

Thanks for your input Ohai, Any thoughts from other people’s experience to sniff out between BO / MO and FO jobs ?

#4

I would say BO -Participate in the design and development of Excel based investment management tools. ( GS has a department that does this, BO and partly IT is involved) -Support the analysts in researching and collating data on various sectors and markets. (sounds good at first, but suspect when you re-read it) -Provide assistance in the reorganisation of electronic filing systems. (BO for sure and sounds like crap) -Assist in other relevant tasks. (Ok if they had to throw this in here even though it’s obviously a bullsh*t bullet point, it means they are stretching to find something to say. That’s usually a bad sign)

#5

yeahhh, that is what i was afraid of iteracom…

#6

Definitely back office. That’s a pretty horrible job description if you ask me.

#7

Do Canadian pension plans typically make similar returns assumptions to US pensions (7-8%)?