August 29, 2010

Chief Investment Officer

Qualification:
  • CFA (preferred)
  • Masters of Financial Management/Economics/Business Administration
  • CA/ACCA
Experience: 6 - 8 years post qualification in Investment management

Profile Requirements:
  • An exceptional equity & debt strategist with outstanding academic qualifications and leadership experience in investments management.
  • Demonstrated success of investment strategy over one, and preferably more than one, market cycle.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage a team of highly qualified fund managers.
  • Strong presentation skills and marketing acumen.
  • Leadership skills that combine assertiveness, diplomacy and teamwork
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently, and to maintain self-control while under pressure with a passion for investments as an intellectual pursuit.
Responsibilities:
  • Understand critical macro-economic issues for efficient asset allocation and investment strategy decisions.
  • Develop and articulate the macro view of the economy, markets and investment strategy, and have the ability to incorporate this perspective into capital market expectations.
  • Make recommendations to the investment committee regarding investment policy, asset allocation guidelines, and compliance with investment procedures.
  • Implement a highly disciplined approach to the process of analyzing, selecting and monitoring investments in order to ensure consistency with the investment plan.
  • Oversee relationships with sell side brokerage houses and other capital market participants.
  • Provide support to the business development team who depend on information from the investment platform to service institutional clients.
  • Interpretation and application of complex rules and regulations.
  • Act as a spokesman for communicating the funds under management objectives, strategies and styles to clients, media and internal staff involved in the sales and marketing efforts.
  • Recruit, train and manage a team of investment professionals as needed
  • The position reports to the Chief Executive Officer and is based at Karachi, Pakistan
  • Developing and recommending strategies to investment committee
  • Market intelligence in relation to investments as well as peer group funds and their investments
  • Coordinating with Risk and Research functions to ensure reduced risk
  • Liquidity management through investment management as well as redemption forecasting
  • Oversee all fixed income business for the funds under management
  • Align the portfolios to take advantage of market movements (short term vs. medium to long term)
  • Decide on investment opportunities to provide maximum return to the portfolio
  • Manage day-to-day investments in CFS (COT)
Our employees are professionals who think without boundaries, possess total self-belief and share our ambition to keep JSIL always on the top.

If you think you are the right person for the job, apply in confidence by forwarding your CV and a recent photograph to hr@jsil.com. Application by post will not be entertained.

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