Job Application for Management Coordinator, Fixed Income & Insurance at Bridgewater Associates Referrals

About Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting-edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment to excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

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Our Culture

Our culture is tied to our mission, which is to understand how the world’s markets and economies work, and to translate that into world-class investment performance. This requires an extraordinary team, defined by the best individuals and the best portfolio of people, operating in an idea meritocracy. In this, we are uncompromising on our shared values of excellence, truth, integrity, humility, and courage. Our aspiration of a vibrant idea meritocracy requires diversity of thought – this comes from diversity of background, identity, experience, and so much more. We pursue inclusion because it’s how we unlock the power of that diversity and make sure the best ideas get heard. To sustain this way of being through lots of years and lots of circumstances, we invest in meaningful work and meaningful relationships – the purpose and joy that comes from tackling something challenging and worthy, alongside people who make us better versions of ourselves.

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About the Total Portfolio Strategies Department and Fixed Income & Insurance Team

Total Portfolio Strategies (TPS) builds on Bridgewater’s long history of deep, strategic client partnerships, aspiring to shape the industry with innovative investment strategies that address our clients’ biggest challenges in a changing investment landscape. As a relatively new department within Bridgewater, TPS is looking to grow, evolve and scale investment teams that can move the needle for our clients and key partners.

The Fixed Income & Insurance team is one of the investment teams within the TPS department. Our vision is to develop and scale world-class fixed income strategies that are 1) differentiated, 2) reflect BW’s unique investment capabilities, and 3) meet the needs and challenges of the largest and most sophisticated fixed-income investors in the world.

About the Role

We are seeking a bright, proactive, and highly organized Management Coordinator to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will be a part of a small, collaborative, and growing team supporting multiple Senior members while also assisting the broader team as needed. You will regularly interact with prospects and clients, representing our team with professionalism and confidence.

This is an excellent entry-level opportunity for individuals interested in finance or start-ups, offering hands-on exposure to business operations and the chance to learn the fundamentals of building and scaling a business. We’re looking for someone who is scrappy, resourceful, and always willing to roll up their sleeves to tackle any task—big or small—to ensure the team’s success. You’ll gain direct insight into decision-making at a premier institution and develop valuable business-building skills in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

You Will Drive the Following Responsibilities

Manage complex calendars for multiple senior team members, including scheduling meetings, prioritizing tasks, and resolving conflicts.
Serve as a key point of contact for prospects and clients, representing the team and company with professionalism and poise, tracking relevant items in our CRM and maintaining a commercial calendar for upcoming engagements.
Support team operations by organizing meetings, preparing materials, and maintaining effective communication across the organization.
Proactively identify and solve problems, often before they arise, and adapt quickly to shifting priorities and new challenges.
Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, ensuring seamless itineraries and efficient use of time.
Prepare and process expense reports and reimbursements with accuracy and attention to detail.
Tackle a wide range of administrative and operational tasks—no job is too big or too small—to keep the team running smoothly.
Jump in wherever needed, demonstrating flexibility, initiative, and a strong “can-do” attitude.

You will be a click for the role if you:

Are excited about being part of a growing business
Thrive in a dynamic environment
Are a team player who can learn quickly and who can proactively seek to improve efficiency and quality
Are a ‘big picture’ thinker who is able to focus on the goal at hand, not only tasks
Distill information, prioritize well and summarize key points for those you support
Enjoy solving problems using logic and common sense to develop practical solutions
Have the ability to orchestrate and prioritize long and short-term activities at once while maintaining high quality work
Are willing and able to anticipate the needs and concerns of others
Have the ability to hold others accountable
Value the pursuit of truth and excellence
Demonstrate innate curiosity and a tendency to thrive on learning new things
Are dedicated to self-improvement and improvement of others
Treat sensitive information with utmost confidentiality

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a polished and professional demeanor.
High attention to detail and accuracy, especially in calendar management and expense processing.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Comfortable interacting with clients and external stakeholders, representing the company with confidence and professionalism.
Scrappy, resourceful, and willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done—no task is beneath you.
Eagerness to learn, grow, and contribute to a collaborative, entrepreneurial team environment.

Physical Requirements

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days in our CT office Monday – Thursday. NYC residents will have the flexibility to work from our NYC office for two of those four days at a cadence set by the team. Flexibility is needed pending business need to be in either NYC or CT offices.

Compensation Band

The expected total target compensation range (Base Salary + Target Bonus) for this position is $80,000-$100,000. The total compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a discretionary target bonus.

Why Work at Bridgewater?

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website here.

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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