Junior Investment Risk and Performance Analyst

We are a rapidly growing pan-European digital wealth manager, serving over 167,000 active investors with more than £5.5 billion invested on our platform. We began in Milan in 2011 with the purpose to help more people improve their financial well-being by making personal investing simple and accessible through technology. Fast forward to today, and we are recognised as one of the most innovative fintechs, headquartered in the heart of London.

With a team of 220+ people across 4 offices in Italy and the UK, we are proudly backed and funded by major partners including Poste Italiane, Cabot Square Capital, United Ventures, and Allianz.

Our vision

Our vision is to combine passion, expertise, and technology to provide best-in-class investment solutions and advice that protects and grows client wealth over time.

Our Core Values:

We’ve built our business on three Principles:

• Relationships are our first asset: We’re one team, built on trust, honesty, and transparency. We value our relationships above all else.
• Trust drives success: We give each other the space to grow. We empower our employees to succeed, so they can make a real impact.
• Our customers dream big, just like us: We see the bigger picture and we make sure our customers see it, too. We’re always focused on the best outcomes for our clients and for each other, no matter what the goal, or how big the dream

What this means in practice:

At Moneyfarm, our success comes from the impact each of us makes. We move with purpose, urgency, and ambition, focused on delivering outcomes that matter for our clients and our business. Everyone is empowered to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and turn bold ideas into results. As we evolve, we embrace AI as a catalyst for sharper thinking, smarter decisions, and even greater impact.

Our diversity makes this possible. Different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences fuel our creativity and drive better decisions — it’s our competitive edge. We value people for who they are and their unique strengths: that's why we offer flexible ways of working to support them in doing their best work.

About the role:

We are looking for a technically minded Junior Risk and Performance Analyst to join our Investment Team. In this role, you will support the investment teams on different tasks supporting the investment activities.

This is a hybrid operational role ideal for a candidate who has a passion for Finance but possesses the technical toolkit (Python/SQL) to automate workflows, create reporting. You will work directly with the investment team to streamline reporting, maintain data pipelines, and solve data discrepancies.

Key Responsibilities

• Automated Reporting: design, automate, and distribute performance, risk, and P&L reports for Portfolio Managers and stakeholders using Python.
• Risk analyses: monitoring risk metrics and risk limits on the various investment lines.
• Performance Attribution: analyse the performance of the portfolios, identifying the main performance, risk and factor drivers and report and explain the outcome to portfolio managers.
• Reconciliation & Quality Control: calculate and investigate discrepancies between internal records and external counterparties.
• Database Management: write SQL queries to extract data for ad-hoc analysis, perform routine database health checks, and ensure data integrity.
• Process Improvement: identify manual operational bottlenecks and build scripts to streamline investment operations, with the help of dedicated engineers.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Financial Literacy: A solid understanding of financial markets, asset classes (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives), and core concepts (NAV, exposure).
• Programming Skills:
• Python: Proficiency in writing scripts for data manipulation (pandas, NumPy) and automation.
• SQL: Strong ability to write queries, joins, and manage database views.
• Experience: 0–2 years of relevant experience (internships included).