Manager Performance & Attribution Reporting

Role Overview

Manager – Performance & Attribution Reporting at Emirates Investment Authority, responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of investment performance measurement, attribution reporting, and portfolio analytics across the full investment portfolio.

Role Purpose

Ensure accurate, timely, and transparent performance reporting across all asset classes and investment portfolios, supporting investment decision-making, portfolio oversight, and governance within a multi-asset sovereign wealth fund environment.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Measurement & Attribution

• Manage the end-to-end investment performance measurement process across all investment portfolios and asset classes and all aggregations.
• Ensure accurate calculation and validation of portfolio returns aligned to approved methodologies.
• Produce and review performance contribution and attribution analyses, including asset allocation and security selection, factor attribution, and risk-adjusted performance analysis.
• Validate benchmark calculations and comparative performance reporting and analysis.
• Ensure consistency between internal and external performance analysis where applicable.

Portfolio Analytics, Reporting and Executive Information

• Analyse portfolio performance against investment objectives, benchmarks, strategic asset allocation, and other relevant asset class and industry approaches.
• Identify key drivers of portfolio returns and investigate and understand performance variances.
• Produce investment performance analysis and reports for executive management, committees, asset class teams, portfolio managers, and the Chief Financial Officer.
• Prepare analytical insights and commentary supporting investment reviews and governance discussions in clear and informative formats.
• Support ad hoc portfolio performance analysis.

Performance Data Management, Documentation & Controls

• Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and reconciliation of performance data across different platforms and systems.
• Perform data validation and exception management to maintain high-quality reporting outputs.
• Maintain documentation of policies and controls governing performance measurement and attribution methodologies and standards.
• Support internal and external audit requirements through complete documentation and evidence of methodologies and controls.

Systems – Automation, Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation

• Oversee day-to-day operation of performance reporting platforms and analytical tools in collaboration with related parties.
• Support implementation of system and methodology enhancements and reporting automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with IT and Data teams to improve integration between platforms and systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and accuracy, reduce manual intervention, and enhance data quality.
• Develop and implement enhanced analytical visualization with support from IT and Data teams where necessary.
• Develop and support the usage and adoption of AI-enabled analytical and reporting tools.

Governance & Stakeholder Management

• Ensure compliance with approved performance and analytical reporting methodologies, governance standards, internal controls and policies; conduct periodic review of such methodologies and standards.
• Coordinate with Investment, Risk, Operations and other relevant teams to resolve performance and reporting issues and data discrepancies.
• Liaise with third-party service providers and entities to ensure data accuracy and service quality.
• Support governance forums through timely, accurate performance and attribution reporting.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• CIPM, CFA Charter, or equivalent professional qualification is highly desirable.
• 10–12 years of experience in investment performance measurement, attribution reporting, portfolio analytics, or investment reporting.
• Minimum 3 years leading or supervising performance reporting teams.
• Experience within a sovereign wealth fund, asset owner, asset management firm, pension fund, or institutional investment environment is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience working with multi-asset portfolios, benchmark methodologies, and institutional investment performance reporting.
• Experience implementing analytical reporting enhancements, automation initiatives, or performance systems development is required.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of investment performance measurement and contribution/attribution methodologies across public and private assets within a multi-asset portfolio.
• Strong understanding of accounting, valuation, and investment data and flows.
• Deep experience in portfolio analytics, benchmark construction, and performance reporting.
• Familiarity with performance measurement systems including Solovis, SimCorp, BNY Eagle, Bloomberg PORT, FactSet, MSCI Barra, or equivalent.
• Advanced analytical, reporting, commentary and presentation skills, specifically with reporting and data visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Ability to interpret complex investment information and communicate insights clearly to senior stakeholders in both spoken and written form.