Investment Quant Analyst: AI-Driven Portfolio Analytics

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in Columbus, OH is seeking a Quantitative Analyst, Investment Professional to support portfolio analytics, asset allocation, and trading decisions. The role emphasizes building reusable tools, AI-enabled workflows, and collaboration with portfolio managers and front-office teams.

You will translate complex questions into structured analyses, develop models, and contribute to ongoing research culture in a governed environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Partner with Portfolio Managers and analysts to shape and test investment ideas with analytic views and tools.
• Support security selection and trade design through fair-value, relative-value, scenario and contribution analysis.
• Develop dashboards and analytics packs to evaluate diversification and performance vs. expectations.
• Conduct quantitative research on portfolio construction, asset allocation, and strategy questions.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to accelerate research while maintaining transparency and governance.

Skills

Python

R

Portfolio analytics

Statistical modeling

Data analysis

Communicate results

Education

Bachelor's in finance/economics/maths/engineering/computer science

Advanced degree and CFA preferred

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in Columbus, OH is seeking a Quantitative Analyst, Investment Professional to support portfolio analytics, asset allocation, and trading decisions. The role emphasizes building reusable tools, AI-enabled workflows, and collaboration with portfolio managers and front-office teams.

You will translate complex questions into structured analyses, develop models, and contribute to ongoing research culture in a governed environment.