Investment Grade Quantitative Analyst recruitment

Responsibilities include:

Assist in the creation and interpretation of monthly performance attribution. Communicate your analysis to the portfolio management team on a monthly basis in writing and in-person
Perform tracking error and scenario analysis. Interpret the results to the portfolio management team on a weekly basis
Conduct quality checks on analytics
Hands on work helping to develop tools to manage portfolio exposures possibly including programming
Work with team members to devise new or expand upon existing methods to exposure analysis, risk assessment, or opportunity/idea generation
Execution of ad-hoc requests either for internal or external consumption
Collaborate with vendors to generate/validate historical measures for various strategies

Necessary/Desired Skills:

Ability to manage several projects in different stages of completion concurrently
Effective communication skills both written and verbal
Superior technical and quantitative skills
Aptitude for working well in a team environment
Capable of providing complete and accurate results under tight time constraints
Talent for picking up new systems and applications quickly
Creativity at devising solutions to problems

Education Qualifications:

3-5 years of investment related experience, preferably in fixed income, finance, or related field
CFA or MBA desired
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with attention to details
Strong technical skills with the following tools : SQL, Excel
Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work well in a team environment
Desirable to have experience with some form of portfolio management system (Factset, Bloomberg, Citigroup Yield Book, etc.).

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