The Portfolio Accounting, Performance, and Valuation team is responsible for reviewing, calculating, and analyzing performance and attribution results. The team provides valuation oversight to Aegon Asset Management globally through detailed review of security valuations and application of market standard valuation methodologies.

Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) is a leading global investor. Our 385 investment professionals manage and advise on assets of US $311 billion for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations.

We organize our firm around four investment platforms: fixed income, real assets, equities and multi-asset & solutions, which includes a fiduciary and multi-manager business. Each investment platform has dedicated teams with deep asset-class expertise, organized globally and committed to maximizing client benefit from their specialist areas.

We are an international business: Our 1,200 employees work from 13 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.

Position Overview:

The Portfolio Accounting, Performance, and Valuation team is responsible for reviewing, calculating, and analyzing performance and attribution results.  The team provides valuation oversight to Aegon Asset Management globally through detailed review of security valuations and application of market standard valuation methodologies.

The team supports the investment process by providing timely, insightful, fundamental, and quantitative feedback.  The Portfolio Accounting, Performance, and Valuation team provides extensive analytic support to stakeholders and quantitative analysis to support the investment management process and commercial efforts.  The team covers a wide array of public and private investment vehicles and diverse strategies while adhering to GIPS standards and principals.

Responsibilities:

  • Applies advanced understanding of valuation methods for financial instruments
  • Review valuations and valuation model outputs against thresholds and take necessary actions to accept or resolve exceptions
  • Participates in valuation model development and testing.  Prepares required model documentation in compliance with policies and standards.
  • Collaborates with team members and related teams in assuring appropriate valuations for covered investments.
  • May create and/or update desktop procedures for assigned tasks and update key control documents for process changes
  • Identifies errors or concerns with team processes and for upstream/downstream processes
  • May address intermediate to complex queries from internal parties and/or auditors.

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced Degree equivalent education and experience
  • CFA, FRM, MBA or similar; or ability/intention to acquire
  • ~3 years of experience or more
  • A strong customer focus and stakeholder management skills
  • Security valuation experience in institutional investment industry
  • Good sense of humor

What are we offering?

  • Compensation levels depend upon an applicant’s qualifications and will be determined by hiring supervisors/managers and HR.
  • You will receive a thirteenth month and a holiday allowance in the form of a monthly flex budget, amounting to 16.7% of your monthly salary
  • Plenty of scope and budget for your personal development
  • A minimum of 27 holiday days
  • Reimbursement of your travel expenses
  • Discount on Aegon life insurance products
  • A good pension scheme

About Aegon Asset Management/Aegon

People are living longer, and at Aegon we are excited by the opportunities this brings. We are here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on our planet and leave it a little better than they found it. Aegon is an integrated, diversified, international financial services group. We are here to support every stage of a long, healthy life with guidance, financial advice, and propositions. With our solutions for investment, protection, and retirement, we give people the confidence to make the right choices for their future.

To succeed in our mission, we are looking for curious, ambitious, and empathic employees who dare to speak out and finish what they start. At Aegon, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We are more than a Financial Institution – we are a people business, and we recognize that delivering excellent client outcomes comes from harnessing distinct perspectives. We value diversity in the full range of human uniqueness without limitation including race, gender, ability, language, culture, beliefs, age, origin, background, perspectives, and experiences.

Enthusiastic? Apply!

Are you enthusiastic about this vacancy and do you think that Aegon is a good fit for you? Then we invite you to apply. Do you have any questions first? Send an email to diederick.kavelaars@aegon.nl.
You can find more information about our application process on our website.

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