Junior Analyst (12 Month Contract)

Guardian Capital Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management firm in Toronto is looking for a Junior Analyst to manage data management critical for portfolio and risk management. The ideal candidate will have programming experience in languages such as MATLAB, SQL, R, and Python. This role includes responsibilities in automating investment processes and ensuring data integrity during transmission. Competitive compensation will be provided, commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Exposure to programming languages is critical.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools is an asset.
• Strong proficiency in software development required.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of Data Management for portfolio/risk management.
• Assist with automating investment management processes.
• Review and develop data standards and classifications.

Skills

Programming in MATLAB

SQL

R

Python

VBA

Data Management

Data Analysis

Education

University degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Mathematics / Statistics

Tools

FactSet

Bloomberg

Eikon

Axioma

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Guardian Capital Group Limited (Guardian) is a global investment management company servicing institutional, retail and private clients through its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2024, Guardian had C$169.0 billion of total client assets while managing a proprietary investment portfolio with a fair market value of C$1.2 billion. Founded in 1962, Guardian’s reputation for steady growth, long-term relationships and its core values of authenticity, integrity, stability and trustworthiness have been key to its success over six decades. Its Common and Class A shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as GCG and GCG.A, respectively. To learn more about Guardian, visit www.guardiancapital.com.

The primary responsibility of the Junior Analyst is to manage all aspects of Data Management critical for portfolio / risk management decision support and to assist with projects to help improve / automate investment management and risk analytics processes.

Responsibilities include assisting the CIO and the CIO’s Senior Investment Analyst with all aspects of the Data management processes for our various external software currently including FactSet, Axioma, Style Research, Bloomberg, Eikon, Sustainalytics and MSCI ESG Manager, as well as technical aspects of Risk Analysis for Equity, Fixed Income, Alternative and multi-asset strategies. We expect the candidate to be heavily involved in automating various processes.

It is critical that the successful candidate has prior exposure to programming in various languages (MATLAB, SQL, R, Python and VBA). This will entail reviewing and developing data standards, classifications, mappings and cross-referencing of data sets from disparate sources; maintaining a solid understanding of workflows and data dependencies required for business reporting requirements; and continuously implementing improvements aimed at streamlining processes and ensuring a high level of data integrity during the transmission process.

Responsibilities include :

• Develop and review data standards, classifications, mappings and cross-referencing between disparate systems
• Maintain a solid understanding of the workflow and data dependencies to support business reporting requirements
• Implement automation and system improvements aimed at optimizing data transmission and data integrity that will be integrated into business applications
• Keeping up to date with the latest technological trends;
• Communicating the results and ideas to key decision makers

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

This position will consist of the following primary responsibilities :

Production - Data Management : Identifying and evaluating enhancements to the large-scale databases. Ensuring smooth Extract Transfer Load (ETL) functionality between various data sources (Excel, Python API, SQL) and local data repositories. Assisting in the development and maintenance of fixed income group’s proprietary R&D infrastructure, data integrity and architecture, working closely with the team and outside vendors to enhance fixed income group’s systematic investment workflow. Using statistical software to investigate data anomalies and missing values. Interacting with various stakeholders to resolve data and programming issues.Developing and supporting the tools used for integrating reports with custom or third-party applications. Manage all aspects of the Data Management processes for FactSet, Axioma, Style Research, Bloomberg, Eikon, Sustainalytics and MSCI ESG Manager. In addition, extract data from various softwares to create automated custom reports.

Operational Support : Trouble shoot reporting issues. Coordinating internal reporting of risk and performance-based metrics for internal and client updates.

QUALIFICATIONS :

University degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Mathematics / Statistics

A strong understanding of software development

Strong proficiency in programming and familiarity with MATLAB, SQL, R, Python and Visual Basic

Experience with FactSet, Refinitiv Eikon, Bloomberg, Style Research and Axioma is an asset

Experience in data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau is an asset

Versatile, detail oriented, quick learner and ability to work independently

Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex topics that facilitate understanding

Ability to work with tight deadlines and multiple priorities, working with confidential issues and data

Ability to work within a collaborative team environment with multiple reporting relationships

COMPENSATION :

Commensurate with experience

Guardian is committed to accessibility in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with AODA, Guardian will endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview.

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Job function

Analyst

Industries

Investment Management

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