Quantitative Sustainable Investment Research Analyst

The TCW Group • Los Angeles, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

TCW’s Sustainable Investment Team includes analysts with fundamental asset-class, sectoral, and thematic coverage. The Quantitative Sustainable Investment Analyst handles data, analytics, and portfolio-construction algorithm development, working closely with Sustainable Investment Analysts and partners across investment, product, client services, compliance, marketing, technology, and other business lines.

As a core member of the Sustainable Investment team, the Analyst reports to the Head of Sustainable Investments and identifies, selects, and oversees the data and tools that form the team’s analytics platform. The Analyst serves as the team’s primary interface with Technology, oversees platform architecture and implementation, presents findings clearly to internal and external stakeholders, and stays current on sustainability research and market developments.

The role requires working from a TCW office at least four days per week. Remote work is available one day per week, depending on business needs.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, Data Science, or a similarly quantitative field.
• At least 3 years of experience applying quantitative methods to sustainability in an investment setting, such as equity or fixed-income trading, sell-side research, or risk management operations.
• Experience with one or more statistical programming languages; Python is preferred.
• Experience with visualization software such as PowerBI or Tableau.
• Experience with database architecture, SQL, and data management.
• Familiarity with financial market data sources such as Bloomberg, Morningstar, FactSet, or Compustat, and ESG data frameworks such as MSCI, ISS, or S&P.
• Strong research capabilities and ability to assess and analyze a wide range of financial and alternative data sources.
• Strong organization and record-retention practices, including maintaining audit-grade records.
• Ability to exercise judgment and flexibility amid shifting priorities and a rapidly changing environment.
• Ownership, initiative, accuracy, thoroughness, attention to detail, and follow-through, with a commitment to best practices and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work cooperatively with management, colleagues, and third parties, and to give and receive suggestions constructively.
• Strong written communication and the ability to present analysis and other information clearly and concisely to key firm constituents.
• Ability to build relationships and trust, influence, collaborate, and communicate persuasively with clients and organizational partners.
• Ability to drive processes to completion and effectively prioritize competing objectives and urgent deadlines.
• A record of personal and professional excellence, self-awareness, maturity, and irreproachable integrity.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with geospatial analysis tools such as Google Earth Engine, ArcGIS, or QGIS.
• Familiarity with LLMs and AI tools.
• Familiarity with data warehouses and data-processing engines such as Snowflake and Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and build the sustainability data and analytics platform and serve as a domain expert.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc fund reporting for sustainable vehicles, coordinating with relevant stakeholders to support accurate and timely dissemination.
• Support execution and project management of sustainable-investing analytics for counterparts across asset classes.
• Develop data visualizations, quantitative analyses, presentations, and other materials for partners, clients, and senior decision-makers.
• Collaborate with Technology to integrate sustainable-investing analytics and data into portfolio analytics, engagement, and reporting platforms.
• Manage relationships with sustainability data vendors; as needed, identify, test, and evaluate new data sources and propose additions to the datasets and tools in use.
• Engage with partners across Technology, Procurement, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to support the development and operation of the sustainable-investing data and analytics stack.
• Present the team’s work clearly to internal and external stakeholders and stay current on relevant sustainability research and market developments.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Discretionary bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees and their families, health and wellbeing, and long-term financial security.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level