CAREERS

Founded on principles that form the bedrock of our firm today, Altium Wealth was born from the desire to be of uncommon service to our clients. In order to provide high quality service, we need a resourceful team. We are growing and are excited to talk to you about a career at Altium Wealth.

Open Positions

Associate Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

We started Altium by asking ourselves one simple and transformational question, “What would we want if we were clients?” We believe wealth is compelled by a higher sense of purpose. Our intentions far exceed wealth generation: we seek to empower our clients to create the life that they envision for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Altium is seeking an Associate Fixed Income Portfolio Manager. This position is responsible for supporting the fixed income team to manage 1000+ separately managed accounts holding municipal bonds, corporate bonds, MBS, government securities, convertible bonds, preferreds and other fixed income securities. The candidate will be an integral part of the fixed income team, and assist with portfolio construction, trade execution, allocations, and settlement.

If you are a self-starter with strong analytical skills and an eagerness to work and learn in a fast-paced environment, this may be the position for you!

Altium has five principles that you’ll find in our employees and our clients: envision a brighter future, seek truth, commit to excellence, embrace relationships, and lead selflessly. We strongly believe everyone possesses a unique genius, a quality that drives them. In that ability are the tools to achieve their purpose. We also believe that happiness and fulfillment are not the destination at the end of one's journey, rather, they are achieved in the journey itself.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work directly with the fixed income team to help manage a separately managed account (SMA) platform with over 15 different strategies.

• Assist with research and security selection to construct portfolios with targeted duration, credit quality, yield, and risk/return profile.

• Monitor risk and assist in the optimization of accounts to model portfolio characteristics.

• Assist with tactical and strategic asset allocation decisions across sectors of the fixed income market.

• Assist fixed income PM with managing cash across 1000+ separately managed accounts.

• Use order management system to assist with trade allocations and trade entry.

• Create monthly and ad hoc fixed income reports as requested.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in a similar role.

• Experience in fixed income trading, research or support a plus.

• Numerical and analytical skillset with very strong attention to detail.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work well under pressure.

• Background with portfolio management systems / Bloomberg a plus.

Hightower's Story

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