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Senior Quantitative Analyst
Company | Morningstar |
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Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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Salary | $83283 – $110000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science or other relevant quantitative or financial discipline, or foreign equivalent and 3 years of relevant experience in software engineering, finance in quantitative analyst, or related role
- Alternatively, a Master’s degree in Finance, Computer Science or other relevant quantitative or financial discipline, or foreign equivalent and 1 year of relevant experience in software engineering, finance in quantitative analyst, or related role
- Experience with Python and SQL within both software development and analytics environment
- Experience with big data framework and use of pyspark for software development
- Experience with mutual fund, fixed income, and equity databases, including Morningstar, FactSet, Barra, Bloomberg, or Aladdin
- Experience with statistical methods and classic econometric methods used in finance literature
- Experience with Agile software engineering practices
- Experience in conducting high quality research on the financial markets
- Experience with appraising journal articles in finance (or accounting and macroeconomics)
- Experience with monitoring the latest developments in the literature, particularly among equity and crypto asset classes
- Must possess unrestricted right to work in the U.S.
Responsibilities
- Analyze large data sets and condense complex information into concise, relevant, and easy to communicate results (10%)
- Generate original investment research with the goal of improving outcomes for our clients (30%)
- Responsible for research supporting the company’s Risk Model (25%)
- Represent the work of the quantitative research team to internal stakeholders and external clients (25%)
- Act as a subject-matter expert in multiple investment topics such as equities, fixed income, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, etc., as well as company’s proprietary methodology and data points (10%)
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.