QUANTITATIVE ANALYST TO JOIN THE INVESTMENT TEAM – REF9451

• You will be required to be the custodian of the investment team’s data;
• You will be required to liaise with the business analysis team to improve the front office data management;
• You will be required to ultimately use the extensive investment databases to help improve the investment processes identify new investment ideas and to improve portfolio construction and risk management;
• You will be required to review and document all data collection, storage and usage of data within the investment team;
• You will be required to liaise with the business analyst team on new system implementations, including the order management system and data centralisation initiatives;
• You will be required to manage data within the investment team, improving collection, storage and retrieval. Look for opportunities to upgrade and streamline existing processes or create new enhanced processes;
• You will be required to look for opportunities to leverage off the investment team's data to identify new investment ideas, enhance the investment process and improve portfolio construction and risk management;
• You will be required to take ownership of existing portfolio analysis tools (including iMaps and Bloomberg), constantly looking to provide incrementally better portfolio and risk analytics to the Portfolio Managers;
• You will be required to liaise with the business analysis team and sales / marketing department to understand investment team relevant data collected and maintained outside the investment team (analysis of portfolio trades, Statpro reports of attribution / contribution etc.) and ensure this data is available in the appropriate format as and when required.

• You strong quantitative skills and relevant industry experience in systems and data;
• You have sound problem-solving skills;
• You are able to deal with complexity, with ease;
• You have superior planning / organising and coordinating skills;
• You have honed interpersonal skills;
• You have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in English;
• You are able to influence others;
• You have critical thinking skills;
• You have sound business acumen;
• You are able to collaborate;
• You are able to initiate action / are a self-starter;
• You are solutions driven;
• You have excellent analytical skills;
• You have superior numeracy skills.

• You have a relevant degree at honours level;
• You have an IT systems, data analysis background and ideally coupled with a mathematical qualification;
• You have a minimum of 2 years current, relevant experience;
• You have interest in leveraging off systems, data and quantitative skills to add value to asset management clients, through improved risk-adjusted returns;
• You have experience within the asset management industry (could be in int team or in IT / business development);
• You have SQL skills that allow for exploration and analysis of data;
• You have excellent numeracy skills, with ability to reconcile and track data across system over time;
• You have solid understanding of databases and ability to analyse data.

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants