Systematic Portfolio Strategy and Risk Analyst
About The Position
We are seeking an exceptionally talented individual to join our Systematic Strategies Portfolio Strategy and Risk team as an Analyst. The individual will be a key member focused on portfolio analysis, research, and risk management in support of the systematic equities and systematic macro platform. A successful candidate will help discover and leverage insights into risk and alpha drivers of our portfolios. The role will report to the Head of Portfolio Strategy and Risk for Systematic (Quantitative) Strategies. The team’s mission is to improve the performance of individual Portfolio Management (PM) teams, help prevent outsized drawdowns and drive growth and capital deployment for the systematic strategies platform. With this objective in mind, the Analyst will be responsible for conducting research into risk and portfolio strategy topics such as sources of return, common factor exposures and emerging market stressors. They will also be responsible for building out infrastructure to systematically identify those insights, conducting ad-hoc analyses pertaining to the strategies’ performance and communicating findings to senior management. The Analyst will liaise with technology and support teams to help resolve daily production / operational issues and ensure data integrity and quality.
Requirements
- A minimum of 1 year of experience with quantitative strategies in an investment, research, or risk position
- Motivated self-starter with enthusiasm for learning new things in Quantitative Finance
- Strong coding skills in Python and databases
- Strong mathematical and statistical modeling
- Comfort with analysis of large datasets, high-level attention to detail
- Strong communication skills and ability to synthesize and communicate findings to drive outcomes
Nice To Haves
- A personal GitHub page highlighting some of your personal projects.
Responsibilities
- Conducting research into risk and portfolio strategy topics such as sources of return, common factor exposures and emerging market stressors.
- Building out infrastructure to systematically identify those insights
- Conducting ad-hoc analyses pertaining to the strategies’ performance
- Communicating findings to senior management.
- Liaising with technology and support teams to help resolve daily production / operational issues and ensure data integrity and quality.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
