Associate Investment Strategist (Content Architecture)

Dimensional Fund Advisors; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dimensional Fund Advisors is seeking a senior data analytics professional for the Investment Solutions Group (ISG). The Content Architecture team builds infrastructure to support scalable content creation, analytics, and reporting across Snowflake, Power BI, and ad-hoc analyses.

You will collect and analyze data, design data models, and automate content workflows while collaborating with technology stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or another quantitative field.
• Masters and/or CFA are a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in a related role and a strong understanding of the investment industry, data systems, and automation best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Experience with Snowflake, SQL, DBT, Jinja2, Python, R, HTML, GitHub, Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Collect, organize and analyze data from various internal and external databases.
• Contribute to system design of projects with technology stakeholders.
• Aid in the design and maintenance of competitor and industry analysis.
• Deliver communications to management on project status and updates.
• Serve as a liaison to our internal stakeholders, translating business requirements to technical requirements.
• Ensure consistent documentation and process standards are upheld across projects.
• Drive efficiencies in data ingestion and modeling, as well as content automation.
• Maintain a pulse on industry best practices of our systems and processes.
• Continue to promote innovation and learning opportunities.
• Help foster an environment for junior members of the team to ask questions.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL

Python

Power BI

GitHub

DBT

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science or other quantitative field

Tools

Jinja2

HTML

R

Job description

Dimensional's Investment Solutions Group (ISG) acts as a source of specialized investment knowledge that delivers thought leadership, education and analysis to our clients through face-to-face interactions and compelling, informative content. Within ISG, the Content Architecture team focuses on the development of infrastructure to support consistent and scalable content creation as well as repeated analytics. These efforts include a focus on developing well documented data models for creation of an end-to-end analytics ecosystem in Snowflake that can serve all types of content such as slide creation, ad-hoc analysis, power BI dashboards, and reporting. This role will serve as a key contributor to automation efforts throughout ISG.

Responsibilities

• Collect, organize and analyze data from various internal and external databases.
• Contribute to system design of projects with technology stakeholders.
• Aid in the design and maintenance of competitor and industry analysis.
• Deliver communications to management on project status and updates.
• Serve as a liaison to our internal stakeholders, translating business requirements to technical requirements.
• Ensure consistent documentation and process standards are upheld across projects.
• Drive efficiencies in data ingestion and modeling, as well as content automation.
• Maintain a pulse on industry best practices of our systems and processes.
• Continue to promote innovation and learning opportunities.
• Help foster an environment for junior members of the team to ask questions.

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or another quantitative field.
• Masters and/or CFA are a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in a related role and a strong understanding of the investment industry, data systems, and automation best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Experience with any of the following: Snowflake, SQL, DBT, Jinja2, Python, R, HTML, GitHub, Power BI.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and problem solve.
• Motivated to continue learning in a hands-on environment.

Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.

It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates.

At Dimensional, we want to change the way the world thinks about investing. As a leading global investment firm, we offer systematic, value-added investment solutions based on robust science and thoughtful implementation. Our global team includes more than 1,600 passionate people with diverse experiences, education, strengths, and talents. With a learning mindset rooted in academia and powered by the great ideas in finance, we pursue what we believe are the strongest investment solutions, while providing a world-class client experience. Every employee plays a role in delivering these experiences, and we know we can achieve the most when we work as a team to endeavor to help improve investors’ lives.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dimensional sees great value from collaborating in our offices and appreciates the benefits of flexibility. Most roles fit our office-first hybrid approach: We are together on our campuses Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and have the choice to work in the office or remotely, depending on what is best for that work day, on Mondays and Fridays. This approach maximizes in-person collaboration and interaction while simultaneously providing flexibility and applies to most roles globally with a few exceptions that require more or less time in the office.

Here at Dimensional, we strive to be an inclusive workplace for all.

The use of Artificial Intelligence during interviews and skill testing is prohibited, unless Dimensional Fund Advisors has authorized such use.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, such accommodation is available upon request.