Senior Investment Strategy Analyst

ProShares • New York, NY

111d • $80,000 - $125,000

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Senior Investment Strategy Analyst to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Investment Strategy Analyst at ProShares, you will play a critical role on our Investment Strategy Team in delivering investment expertise, research, and analysis that drive our product strategies and then communicate those strategies to clients and prospects. You will also partner with our product development and product management teams, with an emphasis on providing investment-related expertise to help create and position our products most successfully in the market.

Requirements

• BA/BS required.
• CFA or CAIA (or progress towards) strongly preferred.
• MBA optional.
• 3-5 years of experience in financial services.
• Interest and experience in empirical analysis and statistical techniques applied to financial markets or investment products.
• Expertise in analysis of time series data in Excel or other statistical software.
• PowerPoint experience, strong writing skills, and demonstrated attention to detail and rigor in the research process.
• Solid understanding of the equity markets.
• Strong macro-economic perspective.
• Alternative product management/research experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of investment models, research and statistics for evaluating fund performance and fund usage.
• Develop and maintain periodic collateral.
• Conduct and support research and analytics related projects as needed, including investment performance of the product shelf, use of products in investment strategy, and tactical marketing themes/sales ideas.
• Communicate with portfolio team on aspects of fund performance.
• Assist with research projects on financial market return and liquidity analysis, fund performance analysis, risk measurement, strategy testing, and portfolio construction issues.
• Assist in research, catalog, and track academic and practitioner articles of interest to the Investment Strategy Group.
• Conduct analytics on Product Development concepts.
• Effectively communicate with the sales team, with an ultimate goal of direct client/prospect interaction.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range of $80,000-$125,000, which does not include discretionary bonus compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees