Investment Manager

CFS

Chicago, IL
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Highlights

The Investment Manager will partner closely with senior investment leadership to manage market exposures, evaluate portfolio resilience, and support risk-aware decision-making across a globally diversified portfolio. This Investment Manager position offers a rare blend of hands-on portfolio analytics, strategic influence, and technical leadership—ideal for professionals eager to operate at the intersection of risk, returns, and innovation.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Chicago, IL
Industry	Financial Services
Company Size	500 to 999 employees
Year Founded	1994
Website	http://www.cfstaffing.com/

Description

Investment Manager

An exciting opportunity awaits an experienced and analytically driven Investment Manager ready to play a pivotal role in a sophisticated, multi-asset investment environment. This Investment Manager position offers a rare blend of hands-on portfolio analytics, strategic influence, and technical leadership—ideal for professionals eager to operate at the intersection of risk, returns, and innovation.

As an Investment Manager, you will take ownership of portfolio risk analytics and contribute directly to portfolio construction decisions. The Investment Manager will partner closely with senior investment leadership to manage market exposures, evaluate portfolio resilience, and support risk-aware decision-making across a globally diversified portfolio. You will also oversee a complex portable alpha program, working with derivatives and external partners to optimize market exposure.

The Investment Manager will lead in-depth analysis of external manager performance, including factor decomposition, attribution, and alpha-beta separation. A critical aspect of this role involves translating sophisticated analytics into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders, including investment committees and executive leadership.
The Investment Manager will serve as a technical leader, helping design and evolve the investment team’s data and analytics infrastructure. This includes shaping dashboards, reporting systems, and integrating data across multiple platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

Managing portfolio risk frameworks, including factor, currency, and downside exposure analysis
Overseeing derivatives strategies and portable alpha implementation
Conducting manager performance attribution and risk decomposition
Supporting asset allocation, scenario analysis, and portfolio construction decisions
Advancing analytics, data pipelines, and AI-driven investment processes
Preparing materials for senior stakeholders and investment committees
Mentoring junior team members and contributing to team development

The ideal Investment Manager has:
-7–10 years of institutional investment experience
-advanced technical skills in Python, data analytics, and risk modeling
-Familiarity with derivatives, factor investing, and emerging AI tools in investment management is highly valued

Compensation range starts at $150,000
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About Company

Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.

CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.

Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.