Junior Risk Analyst

About the role

Invesco is a leading independent global investment firm dedicated to providing a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to clients worldwide. This role offers a dynamic environment with flexible work schedules, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Produce and support daily/weekly performance measurement for assigned equity index and ETF portfolios, including benchmark comparisons, return decomposition, and tracking difference monitoring
• Support index-relative attribution and diagnostics (sector/industry, factor, and security contributions) and translate results into clear narratives for stakeholders
• Perform daily monitoring of attribution outputs and triage/clean up anomalies (e.g., missing/misaligned identifiers, stale or incorrect benchmark mappings, corporate action timing impacts, return outliers); coordinate with Technology, Operations, and Data teams to remediate root causes and document resolutions
• Avoidance of daily, weekly, and ad-hoc risk, performance, and tracking reports for passive strategies and ETFs, with a focus on accuracy, repeatability, and timeliness
• Identify, validate, and explain changes in active risk, tracking error, and tracking difference, including key implementation drivers (rebalance timing, corporate actions, cash management, and trading costs)
• Maintain and enhance processes for risk, tracking, and performance exception monitoring, escalation, and documentation (including clear commentary for alerts, breaches, and material attribution outliers)
• Contribute to process improvements and automation of performance/attribution and risk analytics and reporting using Python (and other approved tools), improving timeliness, controls, and data quality
• Partner with Technology, Operations, Trading, and Data teams to resolve data breaks, support system enhancements, and improve inputs (e.g., benchmark files, corporate actions, index rebalances)
• Provide ad-hoc analytics to support Equity Passive/ETF initiatives, new product reviews, index changes, and cross-department priorities as needed

Requirements

• 1+ years of relevant experience (internships included) in investment risk, performance measurement/attribution, portfolio analytics, trading/markets, or a related asset-management function; exposure to index/passive or ETFs is a plus
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with interest in benchmarking, performance measurement, and attribution, as well as portfolio risk (e.g., factor exposures, volatility, drawdowns, tracking error, sector/industry exposures)
• Strong Python skills for data analysis/automation (SQL experience a plus)
• Experience with risk and performance/attribution systems and data workflows; FactSet and/or MSCI Risk Metrics experience a plus (index, benchmark, corporate action, and ETF data experience preferred)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus)
• Progress towards CFA, CIPM, or FRM is desirable

Skills

• Intellectual curiosity and interest in global equity markets, index investing, and ETF mechanics
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Well-organized, dependable, proactive, and detail-oriented (comfortable working with large datasets and repeatable processes)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, and communicate clearly with portfolio managers and partners; comfort presenting concise findings and raising issues early
• Collaborative mindset with a desire to learn from senior investment and risk professionals and partner effectively with trading, operations, product, and technology teams

Benefits

Our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings include: Flexible paid time off, Hybrid work schedule, 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution, Health & wellbeing benefits, Parental Leave benefits, Employee stock purchase plan

Pay

The salary range for this position in Downers Grove, IL is $85,000-105,000 Base/year. The total compensation offered for this position includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills, experience and location

Schedule

This is a Full Time position with a Full Time Worker Type Employee. The Workplace Model reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development. Employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office.