Solutions Analyst

Neuberger Berman • New York, NY

2d • $110,000 - $120,000

About The Position

The Solutions team performs bespoke quantitative portfolio analytics and offers strategic portfolio advisory services for key clients and prospects, working across insurance and broader institutional mandates. Solutions sits within Insurance Investments, which is responsible for managing insurance clients’ portfolios, and delivers its work through a suite of proprietary systematic platforms. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who can support quantitative analyses by using, maintaining, and enhancing proprietary in-house models for risk and return attribution, asset-liability management, strategic asset allocation, private-market stochastic models, and capital optimization. Ideal candidates will be highly quantitative, skilled programmers who can face clients.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in financial engineering, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or a similar quantitative field or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field combined with at least 2 years of applicable work experience
• Demonstrated strong ability in quantitative programming required; Python and R are a plus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to develop strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong level of self-direction, ownership and initiative

Nice To Haves

• Progress on CFA or actuarial exams is a plus
• Experience in insurance or asset management is a plus

Responsibilities

• Run bespoke analyses for insurance and institutional clients, such as portfolio optimization, asset-liability management, liquidity analysis and regime analysis
• Run risk and return attribution analyses across multi-asset portfolios for clients and internal portfolio managers using proprietary quantitative attribution tools
• Prepare written summaries and deliver analyses to clients and client portfolio managers, including recurring monthly and quarterly updates
• Extend existing and build new infrastructure for in-house analytical and quantitative capabilities, such as capital markets modeling, portfolio optimization, stochastic scenario modeling, and private markets pacing modeling
• Use the suite of in-house tools to help clients construct robust, all-weather portfolios and solutions that seek to deliver specific outcomes
• Manage and enhance the underlying application infrastructure, including large-scale databases and web-based deliverables, incorporating best-in-class AI tools and practices
• Conduct generalist quantitative research using demonstrable market knowledge and intuition across multiple asset classes and investment vehicles, including fixed income and alternative asset classes
• Develop deep knowledge of quantitative systematic strategies across equities, fixed income, and hedge funds, and sustain and expand an extensive cross-asset strategy backtesting system
• Produce thought leadership through industry presentations, white papers, and custom research on timely market topics
• Support client coverage and portfolio management by conducting analyses, developing materials, and collaborating with internal stakeholders on product solutions that address new market opportunities
• Develop sufficient knowledge of the firm's capabilities, products and services to support client initiatives, coverage and portfolio management

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• retirement
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

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