Quantitative Equity Market Implementation Research

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L); Vancouver; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP matching

Health benefits

Family-building benefits

Profit sharing

Equity ownership opportunities

Job summary

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L) seeks a Quantitative Research Analyst in Vancouver to advance systematic market-implementation strategies. You will develop models, test hypotheses, and collaborate with traders and portfolio managers to enhance performance.

The role emphasizes rigorous quantitative research, analytical thinking and clear communication. A strong foundation in mathematics or related fields is essential, with graduate work valued but not required.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in mathematics, applied statistics, physics, operations research, engineering, or a related field.
• Graduate studies or work experience in quantitative research, equity trading, or portfolio management is valuable but not required.
• Strong background in rigorous quantitative research, logical thinking and empirical validation.

Responsibilities

• Research and development: enhance systematic strategies for market implementation using data analysis and mathematical modelling.
• Monitoring and analysis: assess market implementation outcomes to support performance evaluation and decision making.
• Research infrastructure: improve tools and workflows underlying market implementation research.
• Cross-team support: collaborate with portfolio managers, traders and analysts to integrate strategies across the desk.

Skills

Quantitative research

Data analysis

Hypothesis testing

Experiment design

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in mathematics or related field

Graduate studies valued

Job description

We are looking for a Quantitative Research Analyst to join our fast-paced and entrepreneurial Quantitative Equity Team! We are a high-performance team embedded in a top-performing quantitative equity fund that manages over $78+ billion USD in financial assets. We combine quantitative research with leading-edge technology to develop our unique algorithmic investment strategies. A culture of innovation, growth and success through collaboration and mutual respect has enabled us to deliver top tier performance for over two decades.

This is a role within the Market Implementation group responsible for the optimal execution of portfolios and desired trades, where we work on the advancement of our systematic frameworks for equity trading, order execution, market impact minimization, security financing, usage of equity and derivative instruments, market access, and counterparty partnerships, with the ultimate goal of delivering exceptional investment performance over the long term.

We are based in beautiful Vancouver, Canada; our team embraces the lifestyle and activities that life in Vancouver awards.

What You Will Do

• Research and development – Conduct projects to enhance the systematic strategies and solutions for market implementation by applying a variety of skills and techniques in data analysis, mathematical modelling, hypothesis testing and experiment design.
• Monitoring and analysis – Monitor market implementation outcomes and conduct in-depth analysis to support performance evaluation, idea generation and decision making to enhance the systematic solutions.
• Research infrastructure – Identify, propose and collaborate on improvements to the research tools and workflow processes underlying the market implementation research and development efforts.
• Cross-team support – Collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, other research analysts and investment process/data analysts to ensure seamless integration of market implementation strategies and solutions.

With growth and development over time supported by the team leaders and peers, you will eventually bring forward ideas and contribute to the long-term strategic improvements to our market implementation capabilities and success.

What You Bring

• Domain expertise – You have either existing knowledge or an interest in gaining a deep understanding of equity market dynamics market microstructure, algorithmic trading, primer brokerage, trading counterparties, or portfolio management.
• Systematic and analytical mindset – Passionate about bringing systematization and a disciplined structure together with investment intuition to help formulate solutions to real-world problems. You have experience with producing rigorous quantitative research and thinking logically, critically and intuitively with a balance of fundamental intuition and empirical validation.
• Creativity and innovation – You have demonstrated an ability to contribute new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Demonstrated learner – You love to learn new things and will have the ability to develop a sufficient understanding of the Quantitative Equity Team’s systematic investment process.
• Strong communication skills – You excel at communicating complex and technical concepts and proactively solicit and provide feedback in a team environment.
• Academic and work experience – At a minimum, an undergraduate degree in mathematics, applied statistics, physics, operations research, engineering, or a related field. Graduate studies or work experience (in quantitative research, equity trading, or portfolio management) considered valuable but not a requirement.

We welcome applications from candidates with a range of experience, including new graduates and experienced professionals. The annual base salary range is $180,000 – $350,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes a substantial variable year-end bonus, RRSP contribution matching, health benefits, and family-building benefits.

As a private organization owned by active leaders, our structure provides opportunities for exceptional contributors to participate in profit sharing and, over time, potentially become equity owners of the firm.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment and selection process. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact [e-mail] if you require accommodation.

AI may be used to support certain stages of our screening & recruitment process. These tools support, but do not replace, human judgment and decision-making.