Investment Analytics & Risk Insights Analyst

QuickCruit, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ford Foundation is seeking an Investment Analytics Analyst in New York, NY. The role focuses on enhancing asset allocation, risk management, and manager selection through advanced analytics and quantitative methods.

You will support risk measurement, reporting, and development of internal analytics tools, collaborating with all asset class teams to improve portfolio insights and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative skills and technical expertise.
• Experience in risk measurement and portfolio reporting.
• Ability to build and maintain analytics tools.
• Experience with data collection, cleaning, and management across asset classes.

Responsibilities

• Perform quantitative and risk analyses at asset class-level and endowment-level, including factor analysis, stress testing, performance attribution, and return decomposition.
• Prepare performance and exposure reports, market and risk dashboards, manager one-pagers, and meeting materials.
• Perform data collection, cleaning, and management across asset classes.
• Maintain and enhance the internal portfolio analytics platform.
• Build analytical tools for evaluating investments and understanding portfolio exposures.
• Use AI tools to streamline workflows and build new analytical capabilities.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Risk analysis

Portfolio reporting

Analytics platform

AI tools

Tools

Analytics platform

Job description

The Ford Foundation is seeking an Investment Analytics Analyst in New York, NY. The role focuses on enhancing asset allocation, risk management, and manager selection through advanced analytics and quantitative methods.

You will support risk measurement, reporting, and development of internal analytics tools, collaborating with all asset class teams to improve portfolio insights and decision-making.