EM Macro Analyst / Strategist

Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund in Dubai is seeking an experienced EM Macro Analyst/Strategist to join a dedicated pod. You will support a Portfolio Manager trading EM rates and FX, contributing to risk-taking ideas, monitoring markets, and building constructive tools and models.

You will track market developments, identify opportunities, assist the PM's research process, build quantitative models, and collaborate with the quant research team on ad-hoc data-driven projects.

Qualifications

• Track EM market developments to identify opportunities and manage risk.
• Support PM's research process with timely insights.
• Build quantitative/statistical models and tools for analysis.
• Collaborate with quant research to deliver data-driven projects.

Responsibilities

• Track market developments and economic activity to manage risk and identify investment opportunities
• Support and enhance the PM's research process.
• Build quantitative/statistical models and tools
• Work alongside the quant research team to provide analytics and ad-hoc data driven projects to assist the Portfolio Manager

Skills

EM macro knowledge

Risk management

Quantitative reasoning

Research & analysis

Education

MSc in quantitative, economics or finance

Tools

Python

Job description

Top-tier Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund is seeking an experienced EM Macro Analyst/Strategist to join a pod in Dubai.

Supporting a Portfolio Manager trading EM rates and FX, the Analyst/Strategist will directly contribute to risk-taking activities, including trade idea generation, monitoring markets and building constructive tools & models.

• Track market developments and economic activity to manage risk and identify investment opportunities
• Support and enhance the PM's research process.
• Build quantitative/statistical models and tools
• Work alongside the quant research team to provide analytics and ad-hoc data driven projects to assist the Portfolio Manager

Skills & experience required:

• Educated at a top-tier university (ideally to MSc level) in a quantitative, economics or finance related subject
• Prior work experience of 2-7 years in a closely related field
• Emerging markets Fixed Income / Rates / FX product knowledge is essential
• Experience with a programming language, Python being highly desirable