Portfolio manager within Traditional Investment Group | SEB Life & Pension, Solna
Interested in pension fund management and insurance savings? Join SEB Life & Pension's Traditional Investment Group in Solna as a Portfolio and contribute to our long-term success.
Since SEB was founded in 1856, our focus on customers and long-term relationships has been at the heart of our success. We aim to drive positive change by providing capital to help everyone reach their goals and accelerate progress towards a sustainable tomorrow. As a leading financial services group in northern Europe, we’ll help you grow and empower you to take on more responsibility to create a real difference. Welcome to SEB.
About the role:
Traditional Investment Group is part of the Investment department within SEB Pension och Försäkring in the Wealth & Asset Management (WAM) division. We manage SEB’s Traditional Insurance portfolios and support stakeholders with analysis, communication, reporting and regulatory follow-up.
In this role, you will manage and further develop the asset-liability portfolio within the fixed income derivatives area. You will be responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management work, including implementation, monitoring and follow-up, while also contributing to the long-term strategy. The role includes forming a macro and market view, performing due diligence and investment evaluation, and supporting the team with research, investment insights and decision material. You will prepare and present analyses to committees and other forums, and you will collaborate across the team on portfolio structuring and allocations across asset classes. A high level of ambition regarding sustainability characterizes the management of the portfolios.
You will join an experienced team working with portfolio structuring and investments across asset classes. Together, we strive for efficient management of SEB’s life portfolios and to create the most competitive traditional insurance product in the market.
To thrive in this role, we believe you have:
We are looking for a portfolio manager or closely related roles. Ideally, you bring a combination of long-term focus, technical skills, and a team-oriented mindset.
- Experience in portfolio management (or closely related roles such as quantitative analyst); preferably within fixed income derivatives and asset-liability management
- Strong academic background and solid quantitative skills
- Comfortable working in Python and with modern IT solutions used in investment management
- Clear communication skills, including when presenting analyses to committees and other stakeholders
- Engaged, driven, proactive and pragmatic; able to work independently as well as collaboratively
- Fluency in Swedish and English, written and spoken
Meriting: Expertise in other derivatives products, and experience from multiple asset classes and/or pension investments.
What we offer:
- Entrepreneurial Scandinavian environment
- Hybrid work model, meaning remote work is possible up to 2 days/week
- International opportunities and working environment
- Attractive compensation and access to SEB staff banking with exclusive benefits
Do you want to join?
It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.
Since we select candidates continuously, feel free to send in your application today via the link in this ad, but no later than 2026-06-10. If you have questions about the position, please contact Mikael Nyberg, mikael.nyberg@seb.se, note that we will not process applications via email.
Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and history of crime. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks. During employment, employees within SEB can also expect to undergo recurring background checks.
SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, which means that this position might be covered by internal redeployment.
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