Investment ResearchAnalyst
Acadian Asset Management LLC is a Boston-headquartered investment management firm with wholly owned affiliates located in Singapore and London. As of March 31, 2013, the firm managed approximately US$57 billion on behalf of major pension funds, endowments, foundations, governments and other investors based in the U.S. and abroad.
Position Overview:
We are looking for an Investment Research Analyst to join our Managed Volatility (low risk equity) investment team. This person will work closely with other research analysts and portfolio managers to conduct heavily quantitative research that will strengthen our investment process and our management of client portfolios, and that will facilitate responses to research questions from clients and others.
Responsibilities:
The Investment Research Analyst will be responsible for the following duties:
- Generating ideas to strengthen our quantitative investment process and our management of client portfolios
- Conducting quantitative research, with a focus on writing well crafted software for statistical analysis and scientific computing, to measure and implement research ideas
- Applying computer science knowledge to cross-domain software development problems including object-oriented design and software best-practices
- Measuring research and performance outcomes with appropriate statistical tools
- Explaining research results to the research team, portfolio managers, and other senior managers in verbal, graphical, and written form
Qualifications:
Candidates should have:
- A master’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree plus four years’ relevant experience, in a quantitative field such as computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or economics and a record of demonstrating outstanding quantitative reasoning skills
- World-class computer programming skills and a desire to work with an object-oriented programming language such as Python (preferred), C++, or Java; additional skills with languages such as MATLAB, R, or Stata are helpful but not required
- Knowledge of a broad set of development tools: databases (SQL), scientific computing libraries, version control, and unit testing frameworks
- Interest in financial markets and investments (essential), academic background in empirical finance and statistics (helpful but not required)
- Willingness and ability to work in a collegial, result-focused environment
- Fluency in written and spoken English
It is the policy of Acadian Asset Management LLC to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, disability, or sexual orientation.
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