Equity Quantitative Research Analyst, Vice President

Citi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Retirement contributions

Job summary

Citi is seeking an Equity Quantitative Research Analyst in London to develop and deliver differentiated alpha signals and research across global equity markets.

The role combines deep technical modeling with the ability to translate findings into actionable investment narratives for institutional clients, working alongside senior analysts and strategists in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• PhD or postgraduate degree in a quantitative field preferred.
• Fluency in Python or R with hands-on model building experience.
• Strong cross-sectional and time-series modelling and ML experience for equity research.
• Solid understanding of equity market structure and investment processes.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences, including institutional clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain quantitative equity models to identify opportunities across global markets.
• Conduct macroeconomic and equity research to distill findings into investable theses for institutional audiences.
• Author high-impact client-facing publications translating quantitative analysis into investment narratives.
• Engage with institutional investors to present data-driven insights on factor performance, sector flows, and risk analytics.
• Build and evolve valuation frameworks supporting tactical and long-term recommendations.
• Contribute to development of the equity quantitative research platform with rigorous analytics.

Skills

PhD in Quantitative

Python/R

Cross-sectional modelling

Time-series modelling

Machine learning

Equity market structure

Investor communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

PhD preferred

Tools

SQL

Git

Job description

Citi is looking for an Equity Quantitative Research Analyst to join its Equity Research team in London, where you will develop and deliver differentiated quantitative investment insights across global equity markets. Working alongside senior analysts and strategists, you will own the full research pipeline from alpha model development and signal research through to client-facing publication with a focus on near-term, actionable investment solutions. This is a high-impact role for a quantitative specialist who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to translate complex findings into compelling investment narratives for institutional clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain quantitative equity models that identify investment opportunities across global markets, applying cross-sectional and time-series techniques to generate actionable alpha signals.
• Conduct macroeconomic and equity research across a defined coverage universe, distilling findings into investable theses and delivering written reports and notes for institutional audiences.
• Author and contribute to high-impact, client-facing research publications, translating sophisticated quantitative analysis into clear and compelling investment narratives.
• Engage directly with institutional investors to market research ideas, facilitate corporate access, and present data-driven insights on factor performance, sector flows, earnings trends, and portfolio risk analytics.
• Build and evolve financial models and valuation frameworks that support both tactical and longer-term investment recommendations.
• Participate in the design and development of the equity quantitative research platform, ensuring analytical rigor and consistency across the team's output.
• Uphold Citi's standards of ethical conduct and regulatory compliance in all business decisions, maintaining applicable licenses and adhering to relevant rules and policies.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• PhD or postgraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Computer Science, or Engineering preferred
• Demonstrated experience in quantitative equity research, gained within a sell-side research team, quantitative strategy group, systematic equity investment platform, or a comparable buy-side quantitative research function.
• Fluency in Python or R, with hands-on experience building and validating quantitative models and conducting alpha research in a production or near-production environment.
• Deep expertise in cross-sectional and time-series modelling, factor research, and the application of statistical and machine learning techniques to equity investment research.
• Solid understanding of equity market structure and investment processes, including factor and risk model frameworks across global markets.
• Ability to communicate sophisticated quantitative concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including institutional investors and senior internal stakeholders.
• Bachelor's or university degree as a minimum educational foundation, with a master's or postgraduate qualification preferred where a PhD is not held.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Prior experience publishing client-facing investment research and engaging directly with institutional investors in a sell-side or strategy context.
• Background in or exposure to an embedded trading desk environment, gained within a quantitative strategy or systematic investment setting.
• Strong SQL skills combined with familiarity with Git and software engineering best practices for research platform development.
• Experience mentoring or providing analytical oversight to junior team members within a research environment.

What We Offer

• Opportunities to grow your career locally and collaborate with colleagues across Citi's global network.
• A hybrid working model that balances in-office collaboration with remote flexibility.
• Investment in your professional development through training programs, mentorship, and skill-building opportunities.
• Employee wellbeing support including medical coverage, mental health resources, parental leave, and family support programs.
• Competitive retirement contributions and investment options to support your long-term financial goals.

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.

The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.

Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.

Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:

• Honesty, integrity and reputation
• Financial soundness
• Competence and capability

In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.

This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks.

Job Family Group

Research

Job Family

Research Analysis

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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