Junior Research Associate required – Leading Buy Side Financial Organisation – New York – Up to $180k + Bonus + Package recruitment

Montash Associates is working with a leading buy side organisation, and are looking to source a Junior Researcher to join a market leading team.

The group focus’ on researching and developing proprietary trading strategies, across all asset classes. The individual will be responsible for assisting the lead portfolio manager, providing statistical and economic research on data to develop new and improve current investment strategies.

This is a highly collaborative, research driven group, and you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best in the industry. You will work across a number of different activities in the group, ranging from research to implementation, risk modelling, optimisation etc. You will have the opportunity to come up with your own ideas and see them through the entire process to the implementation and optimisation stage. You will be monitoring performance and making adjustments accordingly.

To qualify for this role you must have:

• A postgraduate degree from a top tier academic organisation, Economics/Finance/Operations Research or related discipline preferred

• Up to 5 years experience in researching stock selection/asset allocation strategies

• Strong econometrics/statistics skills

• Experience with Matlab/R

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Strong team working aptitudes

In return for this there is an exceptional package on offer.  The base salary will be dependant upon the specific individual, and will be up to $180k. There will be a market leading bonus and benefits package on top of this.

Ref: EB/US/SR/109

This is just one of the many roles I am currently working on, so if you would like information about the other positions please send your CV through and I will call you to discuss.

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