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Portfolio Senior Analyst, AVP

DWS’s passive portfolio analyst supports Xtrackers investment teams. The role analyses benchmark changes, portfolio risk and performance attribution.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Analyse index and corporate-action changes.
Attribute portfolio performance.
Monitor exposures and cash flows.

What they ask for

Required

Excel
Quantitative analysis
Investment instruments
Financial datasets
Communication

Preferred

CFA Level III or charter
VBA

Education: Postgraduate degree or equivalent international qualification requested.
Experience: Up to three relevant years; no minimum specified.
Languages and tools: Excel
Bloomberg
Reuters
VBA
Markets: equities, fixed-income

How to prepare

Reconcile benchmark changes.
Calculate tracking-error attribution.
Analyse portfolio cash movements.

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with DWS Group and doesn’t handle applications.