Aon Investments USA is looking for an Investment Strategist

Aon is currently seeking an Investment Strategist to join our Global Asset Allocation (GAA) team in Chicago reporting to the global team head based in London.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop strategies and investment ideas for clients, as well as delivering client presentations on a variety of economic and investment topics.

The team advises Aons global clients in five core areas:

• Long-term and medium-term economic and market outlooks.
• Analysis on how investment and macro themes impact will likely asset classes.
• Opportunities in new asset classes.
• Quantitative long-term asset return, volatility, and correlation assumptions.
• Deterministic scenario analysis including on financial shocks, secular macro trends and climate change risks. These are combined with possible asset class return scenarios which are then used to ensure portfolio resilience.
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Identifying how the macro and market outlook impacts clients, with a focus on the needs of clients based in the U.S. and Canada. Help develop investment strategies for them, and suggest medium-term analysis to portfolios, which will enhance risk-adjusted returns.
• Run and communicate model portfolios which encapsulate best ideas.
• Help create and present engaging presentations, which provide not only creative thought leadership, but also further enhance Aon's reputation for understanding risk and complexity and helping clients to make better decisions.
• Consult with the U.S. based manager research teams to identify key investment opportunities and ideas.
• Support to Senior members of the U.S. and Canadian practices on research and data projects.
• Provide day-to-day contact with the North American client team and other specialist teams.
• Author research papers about key investment themes.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree (Math, Economics or Finance).
• An active interest in macroeconomics, markets, and an understanding of drivers for all the main asset classes.
• Highly numerate and familiar with financial mathematics.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Highly collegial with the ability to build and maintain colleague and client relationships.
• A proactive teammate who is motivated towards client results.
• Positive can do demeanor.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with excel VBA, python or R coding skills would be a plus.
• 3+ years of investment space experience, ideally as close to financial markets as possible.
• Consistently acts with the highest integrity and professional standards.
  
  

How We Support Our Colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two Global Wellbeing Days each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $63,000 to $102,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicants education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicants geographic location.

The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of Chicago, IL. The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aons discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

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