Research Analyst

Summary

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients. The Research Analyst will develop and improve quantitative investment strategies, support equity and fixed income strategies, and conduct research on various implementation aspects of investment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve quantitative investment strategies in financial markets within the Strategic Alpha Research team (SAR)
• Support all equity and fixed income strategies from alpha generation through to trade execution and implementation
• Work closely with other team members to create new and support existing strategies by identifying new investment ideas or innovative data sources
• Gathering and refining complex data for modeling
• Coding and performing statistical analysis to build and refine models
• Interpreting, presenting, and implementing the results
• Conduct research on various implementation aspects of investment strategies such as trading cost models, risk models, optimization, and portfolio construction

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or engineering
• Passion in investment research with strong intuition and the ability to think-out-of-the-box
• Strong record of original research and demonstrated problem solving ability
• Excellent quantitative skills from training in econometrics or statistics, and extensive experience in utilizing those skills in empirical research
• Strong programming skills analyzing large and complex data with statistical tools (Python preferred)
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly
• Prior experience in the investment field, especially in credit markets, is a plus but not required

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or engineering
• Passion in investment research with strong intuition and the ability to think-out-of-the-box
• Strong record of original research and demonstrated problem solving ability
• Excellent quantitative skills from training in econometrics or statistics, and extensive experience in utilizing those skills in empirical research
• Strong programming skills analyzing large and complex data with statistical tools (Python preferred)
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience in the investment field, especially in credit markets, is a plus but not required

Benefits

• Benefits and a discretionary bonus
• Two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering
• Competitive holiday entitlements
• Pension/401k
• Life and long-term disability coverage
• Group sick pay
• Enhanced parental leave
• Long-service leave
• Private medical coverage
• Discounted gym membership options
• Pet insurance
• Flexible working arrangements available