Business Analyst - Platform Soutions

WorldQuant LLC; Mumbai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

WorldQuant LLC is seeking a qualified candidate for a role in the Platform Solutions team based in Mumbai, India. This position involves guideline monitoring and operational evaluation of new products, demanding strong analytical and communication skills. Candidates should hold a Bachelor’s degree and have 2-5 years of relevant experience in finance. Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is required. The role is collaborative, focusing on identifying opportunities for growth and improvement in operational processes within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of relevant experience in a financial services industry role (Ops, Product).
• Ability to engage across many workstreams and operate well under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support product onboarding for guideline monitoring.
• Maintain rules, report distribution, facilitate breach review and resolution.
• Produce reporting and analysis for compliance and performance.
• Identify gaps, risks, and optimization opportunities.
• Support vendor-related activities including requirements gathering.
• Provide project management support.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Workflow building

Vendor management

Communication skills

Detail orientation

Process mapping

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting or similar

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Visio

Job description

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.

Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.

The Role: The Platform Solutions team assesses designs and improves the firm’s operating models to support current and future products. It considers how functions and systems align with product needs, identifies gaps and opportunities, and drives solutions to enable scalable growth within WorldQuant Millenium Advisors, a joint venture between WorldQuant and Millennium.

Reporting to the Global Head of Platform Solutions, this person will run the guideline monitoring function, support the operational evaluation of prospective and new products, assist with vendor initiatives, and provide business analysis and project management across related projects. More detailed role responsibilities include:

• Support product onboarding for guideline monitoring, including rule interpretation, documentation, and testing within the guideline monitoring platform.
• Support day-to-day guideline monitoring and reporting, including maintaining rules, report distribution, facilitation of breach review and resolution, and compliance reporting.
• Produce reporting and analysis for compliance, performance & attribution, strategy, and related areas.
• Analyze how functions and systems support products to identify gaps, risks and optimization opportunities.
• Support vendor-related activities, including requirements gathering and coordination.
• Generate, review, and validate portfolio statistics
• Provide project management support including organizing meeting materials and tracking key objectives.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting or similar analytical discipline
• 2-5 years of relevant experience in a financial services industry role (e.g., Ops, Product)
• Strong skills in requirements gathering, workflow building; experience with vendor management is helpful.
• Ability to engage across many workstreams, operate well under tight deadlines with high detail orientation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint; experience with process mapping tools (e.g., MS Visio)

Position based in Mumbai, India