Sustainable Investing Analyst/PM

Bank of America is seeking a Sustainable Investing Analyst/PM in Boston, MA, to support the Socially Innovative Investing (S2I) platform. Responsibilities include analyzing ESG data, maintaining scoring models, conducting reviews of investments, and communicating strategies to clients. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in sustainable public equity investments, strong analytical skills, and experience with tools like FactSet. A college degree in finance or related fields is required.
Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

The Socially Innovative Investing (S2I) platform is a suite of proprietary investment strategies that seek to achieve competitive performance, while helping clients align their investment portfolio with their sustainability mission, objectives and/or values. The S2I team believes that companies who demonstrate leadership in environmental stewardship, human capital, and corporate governance have an advantage over their peers in their ability to manage risk, invest in innovation, access new growth markets, increase productivity, and develop long-term sustainable business models. The team analyzes a broad base of ESG data, combining it with traditional fundamental and risk factors, to make investment decisions that aim to drive competitive risk-adjusted returns. The Sustainable Investing Analyst/PM will be a key contributor on the S2I team, helping to manage $6+ bil in client assets across 8 active equity strategies (including environmental and social equality thematic strategies).

The candidate’s responsibilities will include: assistance in aggregating and analyzing ESG data from our third party vendors; contributing to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of our propriety S2I scoring models; conducting fundamental reviews for prospective and existing holdings; communicating investment ideas to the team; participation in client/prospect meetings, helping to communicate investment strategy to clients and field partners; staying abreast of key sustainability news/topics and sharing findings with team; preparing and analyzing performance attribution reports, factor attribution and risk reports; contributing to portfolio commentary; interacting with broad base of internal constituents (field PMs/advisors, trading, due diligence, research, marketing, strategy, compliance).

Desired Qualification:

The candidate will have 8+ years of experience in the investment industry with a focus on sustainable public equity investments. CFA designation or progress toward preferred. The candidate will have an analytical mind and a strong curiosity about how companies and markets work. The successful candidate will also be a collaborative team player that contributes to a positive working environment. Basic coding skills and experience Axioma or other risk models are a plus.

Required Qualifications:

College Degree required, finance or related major preferred. Significant work experience integrating ESG factors into security selection decisions. Significant experience using FactSet, particularly screening and portfolio analysis tools. The role requires strong data management/quantitative skills, detail-oriented quality control mentality, critical thinking and the ability to communicate complex ideas.

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40