Quanloop provides a discretionary portfolio management service delivered through automation and systems-based processes. We are hiring a Portfolio Manager to oversee that service day to day: making sure portfolio behaviour remains within strategy rules, client restrictions and internal limits, and that exceptions are identified, managed and escalated in a controlled way. This role requires the CySEC Advanced Certificate (evidence required).

This is not a “manual trading seat”. It is an accountability role for a discretionary service delivered via automated rebalancing and execution, with clear expectations around governance, evidence, and disciplined exception handling.

Job Responsibilities

Oversee automated portfolio management behaviour: monitor that portfolio construction and rebalancing logic behaves as intended and remains consistent with strategy rules, risk bands and restrictions.
Perform periodic review of portfolio outputs and indicators (e.g., drift, concentration, turnover, exposure changes, and unusual outcomes) and document conclusions and actions.
Review and manage exceptions, alerts and breaches (e.g., limit breaches, data anomalies, execution failures, unexpected allocations), taking corrective action within delegated authority.
Suspend trading/rebalancing for affected strategies or client cohorts when required, and trigger remediation workflows with clear owners and timelines.
Oversee execution and order handling under an automation-enabled model: ensure automated trades operate within the firm’s best execution arrangements and internal order handling controls.
Monitor execution quality exceptions (rejects, partial fills, abnormal slippage) and coordinate follow-up with internal teams and external execution counterparties/brokers as applicable.
Ensure ongoing adherence to client mandate restrictions and internal risk limits; escalate breaches and material issues to Risk Management and Compliance and track remediation actions to closure.
Participate in governance for material model/parameter/universe/rebalancing logic changes: provide portfolio and risk impact input, ensure testing evidence is reviewed, and support documented approvals, controlled release, and post-implementation review in coordination with IT/Engineering.
Provide clear reporting to senior management on portfolio behaviour, exceptions, incidents, and change activity affecting discretionary portfolio management.

What good looks like in the first 3–6 months

Automated strategies operate with predictable oversight: monitoring is structured, exceptions are handled promptly, and decisions are documented.
Breaches, breaks and unusual outcomes are escalated early with clear context and remediation actions that close properly.
Change governance is working: model/parameter/universe changes have documented impact assessment, evidence of testing, clear approvals, and clean post-release review.

Key Topics

Discretionary portfolio management oversight in a CIF context
Automated portfolio construction and rebalancing governance
Client mandate restrictions and internal limit monitoring
Exception handling, escalation discipline, and audit trail expectations
Best execution principles and order handling controls (automation-enabled)
Model / parameter / universe change management governance
Cross-functional collaboration with Risk, Compliance, Operations and Engineering

Qualifications

CySEC Advanced Certificate (evidence required).
Relevant experience in portfolio management and/or investment oversight in a regulated environment (CIF, asset manager, broker, bank, fintech with regulated discretionary service).
Strong understanding of portfolio risk and practical monitoring indicators (drift, concentration, turnover, exposure changes), and ability to identify “this doesn’t look right”.
Comfort operating in an automation-led trading environment, including understanding how exceptions arise (data breaks, execution rejects, model behaviour, routing issues).
Working knowledge of best execution and order handling expectations and how to apply them in a systems-based operating model.
Strong documentation discipline: able to maintain clear records of monitoring, decisions, escalations, and approvals.
Clear written and spoken communication in English, including concise escalation summaries to Risk/Compliance and senior management.
Practical judgement under time pressure: able to suspend activity and escalate when controls are at risk, without creating unnecessary disruption.

Other skills

Structured thinking and comfort working with dashboards, exception logs and monitoring packs.
Ability to challenge assumptions (including from Engineering/IT) and insist on evidence where change risk is material.
Calm, accountable approach when something breaks: clear triage, clear decisions, clean follow-through.

How to apply

Apply with your CV (LinkedIn optional). A short note is welcome, but not required.

Portfolio Manager