Title:  Senior Portfolio Analyst - 1832 Asset Management

Requisition ID: 249961

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

1832 Asset Management L.P. is one of Canada’s largest asset managers and offers a comprehensive range of solutions through Dynamic Funds and ScotiaFunds, spanning every major sector, geographic region and investment discipline. The firm and its predecessor companies have been providing asset management services in Canada since 1877, as a manager of mutual funds and providing investment solutions for private clients, institutions, foundations, endowments and managed asset programs.

Today, the firm has over $223 billion in assets under management, and its experienced investment management team is active across capital markets and asset classes, deploying traditional and innovative strategies driven to deliver investment management excellence for our clients across our domestic and international businesses.

1832 Asset Management L.P. is a limited partnership, the general partner of which is wholly owned by Scotiabank.

Is this role right for you?

As the Senior Portfolio Analyst, Multi-Asset Management, you will deliver highly competitive investment outcomes for multi-asset management portfolios. You will lead portfolio analysis and contribute to investment decisions for over $130 billion in multi-asset mandates, delivering competitive risk-adjusted outcomes for a broad range of client segments. One of your primary responsibilities is to design and maintain quantitative models that support portfolio management of systematic strategies, while automating investment processes and related activities to enhance scalability and efficiency. You will act as a key partner to Portfolio Managers, with growing accountability for mandate performance and strategy development.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain robust quantitative models that support alpha generation, factor research and portfolio construction across multi-asset and systematic strategies.

• Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to translate investment hypotheses into testable models, backtests, and production-ready tools that can be integrated into day-to-day portfolio management.

• Enhance and automate investment workflows, including data ingestion, portfolio analytics, rebalancing tools, and reporting processes, to improve scalability, accuracy, and speed of decision-making.

• Develop and refine factor, risk, and scenario-analysis frameworks to assess portfolio exposures and inform tactical and strategic allocation decisions.

• Manage the integrity and structure of investment data, ensuring clean, well-documented inputs for all models and analytics used by the team.

• Implement model validation, monitoring, and performance tracking routines to ensure models remain stable, explainable, and aligned with investment objectives and risk parameters.

• Produce clear documentation and communication of model assumptions, methodologies, and results for investment committees and internal stakeholders.

Do you have the skills and requirements that will enable you to succeed in this role? – We’d love to work with you if have:

• 5+ years of relevant investment or multi-asset experience.

• CFA designation and/or relevant post-graduate degree an asset.

• Ideal candidate has a history of originating and scaling differentiated investment strategies that consistently deliver strong investment outcomes across multiple asset classes.

• Deep knowledge of finance, accounting, economics, statistics and modern portfolio theory, with strong analytical and financial modeling skills.

• Advanced Excel and Python skills, plus proficiency with Bloomberg, FactSet and other institutional analytics platforms.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to influence senior stakeholders and clearly articulate complex investment views.

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, thriving in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines.

• Highly self-motivated, organized, and adaptable, with uncompromising professionalism and integrity.

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our  Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.