Ben B.
About me
| Ben B. | |
| Mathematics | |
| Mathematics | |
| Undergraduate | |
| Wentworth | |
| 2000 | |
| United Kingdom |
My employment
| Risk and Attribution Manager | |
| United Kingdom |
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A day in the life of a Risk and Attribution Manager in the United Kingdom
Risk & Attribution Manager
My career goals when I graduated
I wasn't sure to be honest. I slightly fell into the career I have.
My career history
Originally started out as an IT trainer. Gave me a good grounding in Microsoft excel (such a useful skill in finance) and then I found myself working for a pension fund using the excel skills I'd learnt. This led to some professional exams (IAQ) and a move to State Street where I became a performance analyst. Since then I've moved to UBS wealth management where I became the head of performance reporting and analytics. Most recently I've down sized and moved to a small company as a Risk and Attribution manager.
What has helped my career to progress
Being able to operate excel and use vba to a very amateur level has helped more than I would have thought.
Courses taken since graduation
IAQ, IMC, CIPM
How my studies have helped my career
Maths gave me a great basis for my career. I still use confidence intervals and statistical analysis to this day.
What surprised me about my career so far
How quickly it goes and how fast you can find yourself doing something you didn't expect.
Where I hope to be in 5 years
I don't like planning that far ahead. One of the reasons I chose to move to a small company was so I could influence many difference areas.
My advice to students considering work
It's hard not to, but don't focus on the starting salary when looking for your first job. If you find something you enjoy doing and become an expert in that field you will be rewarded whatever that field is.
My advice about working in my industry
Be careful about choosing the right company to work for. The work life balance is often more important than the salary on offer.
What I do
Calculate investment risk and performance analysis for a number of multi-asset investment funds
Skills I use and how I developed them
I use a fair amount statistical analysis and performance theory. Most of the skills are from taking industry exams such as IMC & CIPM.
What I like most
Problem solving
What I like least
Working at a computer all day long
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