The Senior Associate, Portfolio Analytics Strategy Specialist will play a key role in providing portfolio insights, strategy analysis, and decision-support analytics to PMs, senior leadership, and client-facing teams. The Senior Associate will be responsible for transforming complex data into actionable intelligence, enabling investment, risk, and distribution teams to make better-informed decisions. The individual will be responsible for conducting analysis on assigned investment strategies/portfolios, asset class characteristics, portfolio construction, and positioning to support the needs of PMs. This position is responsible for the development and enhancements of portfolio analytics for different investment vehicles within specific portfolio strategies. The Portfolio Analytics Strategy Specialist also conducts portfolio analyses supporting marketing, sales, and client service efforts. The individual is expected to understand assigned strategies and portfolio mandates, the Baron investment philosophy and process, as well as market events and trends to effectively respond to ad hoc and periodical requests for analytics. The Portfolio Analytics Strategy Specialist is expected to communicate results effectively to members of the team and to different areas of the Firm. Analysis and content developed by the Portfolio Analytics Strategy Specialist supports the Firm's efforts to provide outstanding client service and to gather and retain assets. The individual will use portfolio analytics tools to fill periodical technical ad-hoc requests from the Investment team for performance and holdings-based analytics and prepare standardized portfolio analytics packets. The position requires familiarity with equity analytics tools and portfolio management concepts, as well as formal training in statistical and quantitative aspects of investment analysis. Importantly, this position also requires the ability to convey complex statistical, portfolio analytics concepts and processes to the members of client-facing teams at the Firm. The position also requires the use and understanding of these analytical tools to produce content used by different groups across the Firm. This role is highly visible and requires strong technical, analytical, and communication skills, along with the ability to collaborate across investment, sales, marketing, and operations teams in a boutique, entrepreneurial environment. The PR&DA group has a strong team-based orientation yet relies upon its members to take initiative and responsibility for their own individual projects. A highly proactive, entrepreneurial, and professional attitude is essential. The Portfolio Analytics Strategy Specialist must continuously grow and adapt to meet changing demands and a wide range of requests for support given markets, strategy lifecycles, and performance cycles change over time. This individual must excel at working independently, collaborating with key professionals, and leading projects to completion. The role is responsible for participating in project teams and collaborating effectively with many groups across the Firm. An active interest in acquiring new fundamental knowledge and practical analytics skills is highly encouraged.