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Portfolio Analyst - Private Residential Credit Strategies

Neuberger Berman Group

Neuberger Berman Group

IT
Chicago, IL, USA
USD 100k-125k / year
Posted on Aug 12, 2025

Position Overview:

The Private Residential Credit Strategies group is seeking a portfolio analyst to support its long-standing and growing multi-billion-dollar real estate finance strategy which is part of our $200B+ in AUM Fixed Income business.

This position presents a unique opportunity to immediately contribute to investment objectives in a team-oriented, fast-paced, and highly dynamic environment—on projects that combine Big Data analysis, statistical and financial modeling, asset management, transaction management, and client interaction responsibilities. You will be located in our Chicago office working alongside an extensive range of experienced fixed income senior investors. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and learn from team members in a dynamic and collegial environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Leverage your quantitative, finance and programming skillsets in order to develop investment tools used to analyze and manage prospective and existing real estate portfolios

  • Query large sets of data and aggregate performance attribution, trading analysis and risk measurement

  • Collaborate with senior analysts to develop financial and statistical models across a variety of asset classes in the public and private mortgage loan sector

  • Perform in-depth industry analysis and prepare materials for presentation to senior analysts and portfolio managers

Experience & Skills Qualifications:

  • 0 to 3 years’ experience in the financial industry, with particular preference for exposure to fields providing exposure to residential real estate credit analysis

  • Superb academic credentials in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering or related field

  • Programming experience (Python, C#, Java, etc.) is required and exposure to SQL and large data sets is strongly preferred

  • Strong foundation in Excel, including VBA, to manage and analyze data sets

  • Experience using statistical packages (e.g. R, MATLAB, etc.) a plus

  • Current CFA charterholder or CFA candidate a plus

  • Highly motivated with a passion for investing, particularly in the idea generation process

Compensation Details

The salary range for this role is $100,000-$125,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in the job posting location. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, business sector, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, market benchmarking data, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, which, along with base salary and retirement contributions, is part of our total comprehensive package. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), life insurance and other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, production, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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