Investment Quant Analyst - AI-Driven Analytics

OhioX; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

PTO 18 days/year

9 paid holidays

401(k) with match

Company pension

Job summary

Nationwide seeks an experienced Investment Professional Quantitative Analyst to translate complex investment questions into reusable quantitative analyses, dashboards, and decision-support tools across asset classes. You will help shape asset allocation, portfolio construction, and trading strategies while advancing automation and AI-enabled processes.

The role reports to the leader of Investment Analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, or a related quantitative field preferred.
• Advanced degree and/or CFA preferred.
• Eight+ years’ investment or quantitative experience supporting portfolio management, research, trading, or analytics.

Responsibilities

• Shape and test investment ideas by building and maintaining analytic views, signals, and tools.
• Support security selection and trade design through fair-value, relative-value, scenario, and contribution analysis.
• Develop dashboards and standard analytics packs to evaluate diversification, concentration, and performance vs. expectations.
• Conduct quantitative research on portfolio construction, asset allocation, and strategy questions.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to accelerate research while ensuring transparency and governance.

Skills

Python

R

Data analysis

Communication

Quantitative research

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/economics/math/statistics/engineering/CS

Advanced degree and CFA preferred

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Nationwide seeks an experienced Investment Professional Quantitative Analyst to translate complex investment questions into reusable quantitative analyses, dashboards, and decision-support tools across asset classes. You will help shape asset allocation, portfolio construction, and trading strategies while advancing automation and AI-enabled processes.

The role reports to the leader of Investment Analytics.