Portfolio Analyst
About The Position
The Portfolio Analyst role spans a broad spectrum of research, investment, and technical tasks as part of the Alternatives team. The successful candidate for this highly competitive position will work closely with a team of Portfolio Managers and other talented Portfolio Analysts and Researchers to implement Numeric's investment strategies. This involves both validating the inputs to our models as well as the output from the quantitative signals used to make buy/sell decisions. The Portfolio Analyst will also monitor portfolio risk and country/sector exposures, analyze portfolio returns, and conduct analysis for client communications. In addition to the day-to-day implementation of Numeric's strategies, successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to research projects in conjunction with Numeric's central research team.
Requirements
- Minimum of undergraduate and/or graduate coursework in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics or accounting
- Previous coding experience in Python, Matlab or R necessary
- Recent Graduates encouraged to apply
- 0-3 years of quantitative analysis experience preferred
- Solid understanding of accounting and financial statement analysis
- Strong programming and statistical analysis skills
- Strong work ethic and flexible work schedule
- Detail oriented, good verbal and written communication skills and a collaborative personality
- Strong sense of integrity
Responsibilities
- Work with Portfolio Managers to validate the inputs and outputs of our investment signals and assist with the day to day management of the portfolio
- Analyze the output of our portfolio construction process to ensure the integrity of our investment philosophy
- Assist research and portfolio management teams with enhancing existing signals and creating new signals
- Work with large data sets and liaise with outside data vendors to identify data quality issues
- Design tools for evaluating portfolio implementation and performance
- Conduct analysis for client communication and presentations
Benefits
- competitive holiday entitlements
- pension/401k
- life and long-term disability coverage
- group sick pay
- enhanced parental leave and long-service leave
- private medical coverage
- discounted gym membership options
- pet insurance
- two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
