AllianceBernstein

AllianceBernstein currently has several job openings. The one that is most interesting to me is the Associate Portfolio Manager. This only requires a college education as experience. You will be a member of a team and be responsible for approximately 10,000 accounts. Each team is five individuals and each account must be reviewed at least every other week! Wow! Other requirements include investing new accounts and reallocating funds of existing accounts per client's request. The job is located in White Planes, NY. Not NYC, but this might be a good springboard to getting there.

You can also submit a resume through this page.

AllianceBernstein is owned by the parent company AXA. AllianceBernstein administers over 100 mutual funds and is active in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. According to Hoovers, they did 3.25 Billion in sales last year, and had 4,312 employees. They are headquartered in NYC, but according to Hoovers, only 50 employees work there.

My experience with AllianceBernstein has been their research reports. I am a big fan of their recent "Hedge Funds: Too Much of a Good Thing?" report.

Janus Phone Interview, Round 2

I just had my second phone interview with the Senior Director of Portfolio Analytics for Small to Mid-Cap funds. I think it went well. First, he went down my resume and asked specific questions about jobs on the resume. Next, he asked me about myself and how I got to where I am today, as well as where I want to go with my career. He asked me about any securities I follow. I talked to him about Chattem (CHTT), what I observed and where I thought it was going. He seemed rather unimpressed and wanted to know what kind of modeling I had done for the stock. I tried to spin something out of what I had done, but in the end I felt I had answered his question inadequately.

Then he asked me what questions I had and I kinda ripped into him and asked a ton of questions about the position and the firm. I don't know if this was good or bad.

He made the position sound like it is more of an IB type of analyst and said that there is little direction from the group for what this position will entail. He also made it sound like they would want me to start in January. I am a little uneasy about a full-time job on top of being a full-time student. I am sure I can make it work though. But hey, this is the first round of interviews I have had so I think that if this is as far as I get, I've done alright.

Purpose of this blog

I am currently busting my ass trying to get a job in NYC working investment banking. Most likely, I will be working as an analyst. My education background is an undergraduate degree (BSBA) from the University of Denver in Real Estate Finance and I am currently completing a Master of Science in Finance also at the University of Denver Daniels College of Business. Getting a job with a high end firm is hard coming from Denver. I am posting my progress on this blog to hopefully help others and to get some help myself!

In addition to getting a job in NYC, I am also trying to get an internship, starting ASAP, with a reputable firm in Denver.

My job search has opened my mind to additional possibilities, and I am considering several other locations for work.

• Chicago
• London
• Dublin
• Luxembourg
• Frankfurt
• Tokyo

Another area in which I have a growing interest is emerging markets. The opportunity to work in one of these markets would, in my opinion, open many doors down the road. Emerging markets would likely entail working somewhere around the world I have never even considered. I am open to that.

This search is in order to begin my working life off on the right foot. ANY HELP AND/OR LEADS WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED.