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Senior Quantitative Research Analyst
Thrivent Financial
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Summary
The Mixed Asset & Market Strategies group supports the Thrivent Asset Management Investment Strategy Committee, including the CIO and Heads of Equity and Fixed Income. Products include Asset Allocation funds, Income Plus funds and advisory programs totaling more than $30 billion AUM. As a Senior Quantitative Research Analyst you will use your skills in data management, analysis and various programming languages to develop investment models often involving advanced quantitative analysis.
While the focus will be on asset allocation across asset classes, this position will benefit from a candidate with previous fixed income experience.
• Develops strategic and tactical allocation models to support the investment strategy decision making process across equity and fixed income asset classes.
• Assists with data management and programming on complex research projects.
• Assists more senior strategists in assembling and reviewing data, conducting statistical analyses, and building and refining macroeconomic and strategic/tactical investment models.
• Assists in general portfolio management functions such as portfolio construction, trading, performance attribution, risk analysis and portfolio monitoring.
This position is ideally suited to an individual who
• is motivated by intellectually challenging problems that require both determination and creativity to solve
• thrives in a results oriented and highly collaborative environment
• is seeking to build a career over the long-term with a team where they will have opportunities to make direct and significant contributions
Qualifications
• Minimum education: Bachelor degree in a financial or technical field.
• Preferred education: Master degree in a financial or technical field.
• Other relevant credentials (preferred, but not required) may include CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance), FRM (Financial Risk Manager), and CERA (Charted Enterprise Risk Analyst).
• Typically have 7 or more years of investment experience (over 5 years of experience for Master degrees, CFAs, CQFs, FRMs, or CERAs).
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Matlab, R, SQL, Python and Excel-VBA.
• Must possess analytical and mathematical skills, combined with technically- oriented problem solving ability.
• Deep understanding of the drivers of economic trends along with a global equities and fixed income investment knowledge base.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate investment analyses and ideas clearly and concisely.