Quantitative Portfolio Strategy & Risk Analyst

Schonfeld; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld in New York seeks an Analyst for the Systematic Strategies Portfolio Strategy and Risk team to conduct portfolio analysis, research, and risk management supporting systematic equities and macro platforms.

You will build infrastructure to identify risk and alpha drivers, perform ad-hoc analyses, and communicate findings to senior management, coordinating with technology to ensure data integrity.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of experience with quantitative strategies in an investment, research, or risk position.
• Motivated self-starter with enthusiasm for learning new things in Quantitative Finance.
• Strong coding skills in Python and databases.
• Strong mathematical and statistical modeling.
• Comfort with analysis of large datasets, high-level attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to synthesize and communicate findings to drive outcomes.
• A personal GitHub page highlighting some of your personal projects.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research into risk and portfolio strategy topics such as sources of return, common factor exposures and emerging market stressors.
• Build out infrastructure to systematically identify insights and perform ad-hoc analyses pertaining to performance.
• Communicate findings to senior management.
• Liaise with technology and support teams to resolve daily production and operational issues and ensure data integrity and quality.

Skills

Python

Databases

Mathematical modeling

Data analysis

Communication

GitHub

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Schonfeld in New York seeks an Analyst for the Systematic Strategies Portfolio Strategy and Risk team to conduct portfolio analysis, research, and risk management supporting systematic equities and macro platforms.

You will build infrastructure to identify risk and alpha drivers, perform ad-hoc analyses, and communicate findings to senior management, coordinating with technology to ensure data integrity.