Duration: 6 Months
Starting Date: Flexible, preferred February or March 2025
Who we are and what we do:
Klarphos is a Luxembourg-headquartered Asset Manager specialized in customized portfolio solutions and advisory services for institutional clients. Klarphos concentrates its asset management capabilities on a wide selection of assets such as Alternative Investments (Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Private Debt, VC / Growth), Derivatives and exchange traded products (ETPs). It also provides analysis for tailored strategic asset allocation and more customized services for its clients.
What’s in it for you:
- Become integral part of our growth story and deliver high impact.
- Opportunities to stretch yourself and develop new skills.
- Work with experienced colleagues that have worked around the globe in top firms.
- Possibility to understand the “full picture” of the investment fund industry and being exposed to the front office function.
- We strongly believe in rewarding good work.
Your key responsibilities:
- Facilitate the development of alternative investments portfolio management toolkit and the enhancement of internal database.
- Support after-trade workflows by performing trade and position reconciliations across a diverse range of asset classes—including equities, fixed income, alternatives - ensuring data integrity in internal portfolio management systems.
- Assist in performance measurement and return attribution processes, preparing periodic performance reports and analytical summaries to provide a clear overview of portfolio performance.
- Contribute to the preparation of portfolio management reports to maintain accurate and timely internal documentation and analysis.
- Ad-hoc tasks and projects depending on the business requirements.
- Interactions with internal stakeholders (Legal and Compliance, Risk Management, Valuation, IT, Business Development).
Your background:
- Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or a related field.
- Strong analytical abilities, meticulous attention to detail, and comfort working with data; prior coding experience (e.g. VBA, SQL, Python) is not required but is a plus.
- Basic understanding of portfolio management concepts (e.g., performance measurement, return attribution, and fundamental risk measures) with a willingness to learn more.
- Demonstrable track record of academic success.
- Demonstrable interest in alternative investments, financial markets, and broader economic developments.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.