State Street Global Advisors, Investment

4 weeks ago


Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates State Street Full time

About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

Our promise to maintain an environment where every employee feels valued and is given equal opportunities to meet their full potential regardless of their identity, origin or gender infuses our day-to-day efforts. It’s also part of our commitment to inclusion, development and engagement, and corporate social responsibility. Join us.

At State Street Global Advisors, our mission is to invest responsibly to enable economic prosperity and social progress. Our vision is to be the first investment call for every institutional investor and financial intermediary.

In order to achieve SSGA’s Mission and Vision, our Investment Solutions Group will drive delivery of a robust mix of innovative solutions to our clients, while delivering a best-in-class service experience within a culture that values diversity, collaboration, and learning.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an energetic professional to be an Investment Strategist in our Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) group. Based in Dubai, the OCIO Investment Strategist will serve in an investment advisory capacity for OCIO clients in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The Investment Strategist role is part of State Street Global Advisors’ Investment Solutions Group (“ISG”), a global multi-asset class solutions team.

The Investment Strategist will be primarily responsible for working directly with clients in formulating their overall strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, investment policy statement design, risk framework and supporting governance structure. As a strategist, you will collaborate with our broader OCIO team who provide manager selection recommendations (in public and private markets), and our trading and portfolio management team. In a client facing capacity you will partner with our OCIO relationship managers and interface regularly with client investment committees and staff as part of the overall investment portfolio and performance review.

Why this role is important to us

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role
- Familiarity with the needs of asset owners, official institutions, pensions, financial institutions and wealth advisors in the Middle East and Africa
- Knowledge of global capital markets, multi-class asset allocation, and supporting modeling
- Experience in setting investment strategy to meet risk/return objectives, liabilities or spending requirements and client specific return objectives in an advisory/consultative capacity
- Local insights on investment governance, restrictions, and regulatory considerations
- A good problem solver and trouble-shooter, with the ability to identify and analyze issues with the creativity and energy to solve them
- Strong communication skills: verbal, written and presentation; ability to effectively communicate recommendations to investment committees and boards as well as demonstrated ability to influence outcomes
- Demonstrate initiative and work collaboratively and aptitude to self-direct
- Thrives in business building environment with changing priorities
- Highly organized, meets deadlines, with a strong attention to detail
- Self-motivated individual with intellectual curiosity, high energy level, strong work ethic and demonstrated personal and professional integrity
- CFA/CAIA preferred
- Appreciation of the importance of risk excellence when representing a global financial services firm in emerging markets
- Build strong, positive relationships with key internal stakeholders
- Maintain the highest possible fiduciary standards and ensure compliance with all internal and external requirements



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