Macro Analyst

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution is seeking a Macro Analyst in New York to join a high-caliber investment platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to work directly with a seasoned Portfolio Manager, focusing on idea generation and macro thinking across various markets, including FX, rates, and commodities. Ideal candidates will excel in synthesizing information quickly and turning insights into actionable trade ideas. Candidates will contribute from day one, supporting PM decision-making with analytical insights and coherent market views.

Qualifications

• Ability to synthesize information quickly and spot thematic shifts early.
• Strong understanding of FX, rates, equities, commodities, and global macro markets.
• Capability to interpret and articulate directional momentum.

Responsibilities

• Capture asymmetric opportunities where market direction is strengthening.
• Tie price, macro data, sentiment, and positioning into a coherent view.
• Frame markets in terms of flows, trend sustainability, and regime shifts.
• Support PM decision-making with data, charts, and reasoning.

Skills

Market coverage

Macro thinking

Research skills

Cross-asset pattern recognition

Idea generation

Job description

We're partnered with a Global Quant Hedge fund seeking a Macro Analyst to join a growing, high‑caliber investment platform. This is an opportunity to directly under an experienced Portfolio Manager who values broad intellectual curiosity, cross‑asset awareness, and the ability to generate differentiated, high‑conviction ideas.

The team is in an expansion phase led by a recently onboarded macro PM, creating a unique chance for the incoming hire to contribute meaningfully from day one and help shape the team's analytical identity and research culture. This position is explicitly designed for an analyst with wide market coverage and the ability to move fluidly across FX, rates, equities, commodities, and other global macro markets. The ability to interpret, articulate, and forecast directional momentum is critical. Desireable candidates will be those who thrive on synthesizing information quickly, spotting thematic shifts early, and translating these insights into clear, actionable trade ideas for the PM.

This role centers on idea generation rather than risk‑taking, making it ideal for candidates who excel at macro thinking, research, and cross‑asset pattern recognition.

Key responsibilities:

• Capture asymmetric opportunities where market direction is clear or strengthening.
• Tie together price, macro data, sentiment, and positioning into a coherent, directional view.
• The ability to frame markets in terms of flows, pressure points, trend sustainability, and regime shifts is highly valuable.
• Supporting data, charts, and reasoning to facilitate PM decision‑making.