Senior Investment Analyst - Investment Management Oversight
About the job
FundRock NZ Limited is a licensed MIS manager under New Zealand’s Financial Markets Conduct Act. Through our Fund Hosting business, we issue and manage investment funds in NZ for:
- offshore investment managers who want to offer PIE-compliant funds to NZ investors, but don’t want to go through the licensing process themselves; and
- domestic investment managers who want to outsource the issuing and managing of their funds, so they can concentrate on investment management and distribution activities.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and support initial, ongoing and thematic due diligence on outsourced investment managers by coordinating information requests, analysing inputs, and drafting due diligence reports
- Prepare regular fund performance and integrated monitoring reviews (performance, risk, mandate alignment), highlighting key themes, outliers and emerging risks
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of IMO procedures, frameworks and guidelines on investment-related matters (templates, registers, workpapers)
- Support with establishing and maintaining Investment Management Agreements by preparing analysis of mandate terms, reporting requirements, and oversight obligations
- Review and provide input into investment-related disclosure material (including SIPOs and related investment content), identifying inconsistencies or gaps for escalation
- Provide analytical and operational support to ensure effective liquidity risk oversight across schemes, including monitoring, stress testing, contingency planning/LMT readiness, documentation, and escalation aligned to regulatory expectations and statutory standards of care
- Support in identification, documentation and monitoring of related‑party benefit transactions involving scheme assets, maintain the RPT register and evidence, coordinate required Supervisor notifications/consents or certifications, and escalate potential or actual breaches promptly
- 7+ years’ experience in investment analysis, portfolio oversight, investment risk, fund research or manager oversight
- Strong understanding of NZ managed funds/MIS structures and delegated model oversight expectations
- Demonstrated capability across all investment asset classes
- Experience preparing high-quality governance materials (Investment Committee papers, oversight reporting, recommendations)
- Experience with or exposure to Investment Committee structures and governance processes
- Familiarity with operational due diligence and controls assurance concepts
- Demonstrated confidence using AI-enabled productivity and analysis tools (e.g., Copilot) to enhance research, monitoring and reporting outputs
- Tertiary qualification in Finance, Economics or related discipline
- CFA Charter or progress toward CFA Charter strongly preferred (CAIA also valued)
- A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
- Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
- Training and development opportunities