Quantitative Risk Analyst

The Role

We are seeking an equity risk professional to join the risk group with a primary focus on investment research, analytics and risk oversight for equities, with a particular focus on the APAC market.

The candidate will help to support the Asia business by developing analytics related to risk, performance and process attribution of portfolio managers and analysts. This person will help to build and maintain analytical models used by the management team and proprietary applications, as well as provide daily operational support to the broader team, including researching ad hoc requests from portfolio managers and senior management.

The role will report to the Director of APAC Risk and Business Management.

What you’ll do 

This person will help the discretionary risk team and the Asia business on research and portfolio construction questions relating to portfolio managers.

A successful candidate will leverage interactions with and feedback from investment professionals to help direct and conduct investment research in various topics, including manager skill, portfolio optimization and hedging strategies and risk / alpha factor modeling. They will liaise with technology and support teams to help resolve daily production / operational issues and ensure data integrity / quality. They will investigate and integrate new datasets used by proprietary models and risk infrastructure.

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience with equity based strategies in an investment or risk research 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

We’d love if you had:

• Prior experience building/maintaining risk models
• Prior experience developing risk limits/framework for equity based strategies
• Prior experience with optimization and portfolio construction

Who we are  

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager investment platform that harnesses the transformative power of people to perform in all market environments. Our dynamic culture inspires better outcomes for our team, our investors, and our partners. We aim to consistently deliver risk-adjusted returns, with people driving performance.

We specialize in four core strategies: Quantitative Trading, Fundamental Equity, Tactical Trading, and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. We capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets, drawing from a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics.

We invest through internal portfolio managers and external partner funds, pursuing alignment among investors, investment professionals, and the firm. Our footprint spans 7 countries and 19 offices.

Our Culture 

Talent is our strategy. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative, and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning & educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact.

We foster a sense of belonging among all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. Our employees value diversity across identity, thought, people and perspective which serves as the foundation of our culture. As a firm, we are committed to creating a hiring process that is fair, welcoming and supportive

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