Analyst, Client Reporting & Portfolio… at Bridgewater… · New York…

About Bridgewater   

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.   

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting-edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.   

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment to excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.   

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here.   

Our Culture   

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else. 

About the Client Service Department   

Bridgewater believes that the key to our success lies in creating meaningful, long-lasting relationships with our clients. To this end, Client Service works closely with our clients to help them not only broaden their understanding of the company’s investment process and products but also to deepen their understanding of the financial markets more generally. Over and above traditional client service organizations that focus on selling products, Bridgewater’s Client Service group operates as an advisor to clients on their entire portfolio, not just the portion under management at Bridgewater.  

By providing exceptional transparency and reporting on portfolios, Bridgewater’s market outlook and performance, risk management analysis, and advisory research, Client Service helps clients solve their most pressing investment problems and plan their investment strategies. The group frequently meets with clients to discuss portfolio performance, give updates on recent research, provide guidance and training on Bridgewater’s pioneering work in such areas as risk budgeting, alpha and beta separation, portable alpha, optimal beta, currency overlay, and global inflation-indexed bond investing; and assist in developing strategies that best meet client needs.   

About Your Role   

Analysts in Client Reporting & Portfolio Analytics play a vital role in servicing Bridgewater’s overall client service strategy. From their unique position at the heart of Bridgewater’s client-focused reporting and analytics work, these individuals have an aerial view into our ever-evolving perspectives on world markets, high-impact company-wide projects, and our investment philosophy and processes. Analysts work with Client Advisors and Bridgewater’s best & brightest investment minds to collaborate on how to handle different client-focused reporting projects. Analysts project manage, perform analyses, and generate insights to help shape clients’ investment thinking or provide transparency into our performance and positions to meet clients' reporting needs. 

Bridgewater’s market-driven approach to client service requires our Analysts to continually expand their understanding and knowledge of the markets. Through formal training and informal on-the-job instruction, Analysts become well-versed in our investment approach and process, our different strategies, our book of business, and our production systems.   

Successful Analysts will:  

• Develop a holistic understanding of portfolios and portfolio management principles  
• Understand the depth and breadth of Bridgewater’s market knowledge as well as its pioneering work in institutional asset management and alpha and beta separation  
• Contribute to Bridgewater’s world-class client service strategy through creative thinking about how to generate insights and convey key messages to our clients about our investment philosophy, strategies, performance and outlook in the markets.  

You will drive the following responsibilities:     

• Understand Bridgewater’s book of business, related commercial strategy and our investment thinking  
• Strategize with Client Advisors, other Research teams and investment professionals (at times including CIOs and other Sr. Researchers) and help develop best approach to handle client requests, enable high quality client engagements  
• Apply analytical skills, market knowledge, and an understanding of Bridgewater’s investment methodology to create insights to help shape clients’ investment thinking or deliver client-ready portfolio position and performance reports to allow our Client Advisors, Investment Strategists and Chief Investment Officers to tell the Bridgewater investment story in a rich and accurate way  
• Work creatively with existing methodologies and tools to identify and solve problems in how we serve clients by simultaneously contributing to the creation of new tools, models, and or “machines” to automate and streamline our processes  

Interested in learning more about working at Bridgewater? Hear about the experiences of our employees here.  

Position Requirements   

The Client Reporting & Portfolio Analytics Analyst role is a great opportunity to learn the Bridgewater business, as the team partners with various groups across the firm. While the position does not require deep experience in asset management, preferred candidates will have prior experience within a related and similarly fast-paced professional services environment. We are looking for intellectually curious, energetic individuals who can learn quickly and are aggressive problem-solvers. Candidates should meet the following criteria.  

Minimum Qualifications  

• Bachelors or Masters degree with a strong academic and extracurricular track record  
• Interest for and understanding of markets and investing  
• Ability to solve complex problems through analysis  
• Aptitude for creative quantitative work involving financial and economic data  
• At least 1 year of professional experience  

In addition, to succeed within our unique culture and work environment, individuals must demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas and approaches. Candidates must be driven, confident, and goal-oriented. All Bridgewater employees are expected to be honest, exceptionally direct, and eager to provide and receive objective feedback. Our employees constantly strive for self-improvement through feedback and self-reflection and are committed to the pursuit of excellence.  

Physical Requirements   

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at either our New York City or Westport, Connecticut campus.  

Why Choose Bridgewater?   

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.   

You will grow with us by:   

• Participating in formal and informal on the job training   
• Developing a holistic understanding of portfolios and portfolio management principles   
• Becoming well-versed in our investment approach, process, strategies and book of business   

Compensation Band   

The wage range for this role is $140,000 - $180,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80% - 90% of this wage range.   

 One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website here.  

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.   

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do provide immigration sponsorship for this position.   

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer