Manager Research Sr Analyst

Stifel Financial Corp.; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Wellness programs

Life Insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Stifel Financial Corp. is seeking a Manager Research Sr. Analyst to drive quantitative and fundamental research across mutual funds, SMAs, and ETFs. The role supports a large, client-driven platform and engages senior investment professionals.

You will guide junior staff, oversee crucial due-diligence meetings, and contribute to comprehensive research reports used by financial advisors and marketing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or investment-related field.
• Minimum 5+ years investment product research experience.
• Series 7 & 66 licenses to be obtained within six months of hire.
• Proficiency with Morningstar Direct and MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial and ongoing quantitative analysis on MF, SMA, and ETF universes.
• Provide guidance and leadership to junior team members regarding investment products and research processes.
• Lead or support relationships with MF, SMA, and ETF investment professionals and key relationship managers.
• Participate in portfolio manager due diligence meetings at Stifel's St. Louis HQ.
• Represent TPRG at due diligence meetings with product providers at their home offices.
• Collaborate with TPRG to decide which products to purchase or promote.
• Write product research reports for internal and advisor use.
• Provide individualized product research assistance to Stifel Financial Advisors.
• Leverage prompt-based AI tools to improve day-to-day workflows.
• Apply AI-powered research tools in manager evaluations and reporting.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, providing feedback to improve AI outputs.

Skills

Investment product research

Leadership & mentorship

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or investment-related field

Series 7 & 66 licenses within six months

Tools

Morningstar Direct

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

The Manager Research Sr. Analyst significantly contributes to the quantitative and fundamental research activities related to three product universes - Mutual Funds (MFs), Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The Traditional Product Research Group (TPRG) is responsible for the discretionary management of more than 40,000 accounts and $4.0 billion of client assets invested across various fee-based advisory platforms and trust company programs, and provides Firm-wide research support through the monthly publication of MF, SMA and ETF product recommended lists.

• This role has the option to be based in New York City.

What We're Looking For

• Produce initial and ongoing quantitative analysis on MF, SMA, and ETF universes.
• Provide guidance and leadership to junior team members regarding investment products, research process, and department policies.
• Lead or support most important relationships with MF, SMA, and ETF investment professionals (including chief strategists, chief investment officers, portfolio managers, and analysts) and key account relationship managers.
• Key contributor in the portfolio manager due diligence meetings hosted in Stifel's St. Louis headquarters.
• Represent TPRG at due diligence meetings hosted by most important MF, SMA, and ETF product providers at their home office locations.
• Partner with TPRG team members to determine which products will be purchased in discretionary portfolios and/or promoted through product recommended lists.
• Write product research reports that will be made available to TPRG teammates, product and fee-based advisory program marketing personnel, and financial advisors.
• Provide individualized product research assistance to Stifel's Financial Advisors.
• Use prompt-based AI tools to create efficiencies in day-to-day tasks and workflows.
• Apply proprietary and third-party AI-powered research and analytics tools in our manager evaluation process – which may include product screening, synthesizing investment manager due diligence materials, summarizing portfolio manager meetings, supporting the creation of research reports and recommendations, and monitoring recommended strategies.
• Serve as a “subject matter expert” by providing feedback on AI results to improve our defined, governed AI skills.

What You'll Bring

• Advanced industry knowledge of MFs, ETFs and fee-based advisory programs.
• Advanced knowledge of laws, legal codes, government regulations, agency rules including SEC/Exchange rules/regulations, Industry practice and Stifel policies and their application.
• Advanced knowledge of SMA and fee-based advisory programs.
• Advanced knowledge of laws, legal codes, government regulations, agency rules including SEC/Exchange rules/regulations, Industry practice and Stifel policies and their application.

Education & Experience

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's degree in Business or investment-related concentration.
• Minimum Required: 5+ years investment product research experience.

Licenses & Credentials

• Minimum Required: Series 7 & 66 (or 63 & 65 in lieu of 66) obtained within six months of hire.

Systems & Technology

• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Knowledge and experience in Morningstar Direct.

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start‑up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.