Quantitative Equity Analyst â Data Science
Quantitative Equity Analyst â Data Science
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Quantitative Equity Analyst Data Science
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
Vancouver BC
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
Vancouver BC
We are looking for a Quantitative Equity Analyst to join our Quantitative Equity Team! We are a high-performance team embedded in a top-performing quant fund dedicated to the mission-critical operation of our investment enginea well-tuned machine responsible for generating key decisions that drive trades and investment insights. Leveraging finance skills and cutting-edge technology we ensure data quality continuous process improvement and operational excellence.
As a core member of our team youll collaborate with investment experts to tackle challenging analytical problems be accountable to ensure accurate and timely trade generation and drive operational innovation. Based in West Coast Vancouver we value mentorship collaboration and growth in a supportive and innovative environment. Join us to make a significant impact on our investment engine and overall success.
What You Will Do
This is an exciting full-time role for individuals who are passionate about learning the quantitative equity investment management business and excited to tackle a broad range of investment mathematical and technology challenges.
You will start with a comprehensive training program learning about various elements of quantitative equity investment management and our investment process.
You will then continue to a specialized role utilizing data science and process engineering skillsets to accelerate the Quantitative Equities Teams various investment functions. Your specialized role may involve building scaling managing and/or analyzing our quantitative model portfolios data assets and optimizers.
You will be supported with coaching and mentorship from senior members of the team.
We are creating the conditions for you to grow your career steadily over time.
Investment Process Management
The team you will be joining is our Investment Process Management (IPM) group within our Quantitative Equities Team. IPM plays a central role in building highly scalable efficient and robust process management systems. The processes and infrastructure we maintain are critical in the teams ability to develop systematic investment insights and generate daily trades to capture these insights in portfolios. The opportunity within the IPM group allows ambitious individuals to drive their career growth within IPM or across the other functions of the Quantitative Equities Team in Research Portfolio Construction or Trading.
While we take the approach of tailoring the career path for the individual we have found our functions to cover two main overarching technical skillsets:
Data Science
- Construct and run algorithms to explore and assess data effectively.
- Validate structured and unstructured data sets for data quality.
- Design and test data loaders and security matching processes and specifications.
- Perform data analysis and provide data expertise to support researchers projects.
- Facilitate production machine learning operational pipelines with effective and timely auditing and analysis.
- Enable accessibility and clarity within our data assets through robust documentation and data scrubbing.
- Develop robust methodologies for assessing and analyzing data in time critical production environments.
- Respond to and mitigate vendor data issues effectively in a production setting.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate traditional and alternative data into existing analytical frameworks and decision-making processes.
- Present findings and recommendations to key stakeholders in a clear concise and compelling manner.
Process and Reliability Engineering
- Design implement and test production processes to run the alpha and risk portfolio optimization and market implementation processes.
- Design robust high performance and effective process orchestration.
- Monitor production health and respond to critical issues in a timely manner.
- Effectively communicate real-time production issues to portfolio managers traders and researchers.
- Identify computational bottle necks and improve run speeds in production systems.
- Collaborate with investment teams to ensure their process needs are being met.
- Find and evaluate areas for process improvements.
- Assess and evaluate data quality of production processes.
- Maintain process repos clean code and tools within production processes.
Reasons to Grow Your Career with Us
- Impact We help create opportunities for you to leverage your personal strengths to make a positive impact on our business.
- Culture Collaboration and innovation are deeply rooted in our culture. We enjoy working together and align our passions in pursuit of a shared objective in every project we undertake.
- Development We create conditions for success tailored to each employee through internally developed career development plans.
- Mentorship We believe that developing great people is the key to great success. You will have opportunities to share hear and learn about career experiences from peers and senior team members.
- Work-Life Balance Vancouver is surrounded by water mountains and cherry blossoms. We work hard in our professional lives but also create space to enjoy our personal lives.
What You Bring
- Analytical Mindset You think critically and creatively and are adept at balancing intuition with statistical validation.
- Financial Knowledge You possess a thorough understanding of (or strong desire to learn) key drivers of business success including financial theory economic models and corporate financial statements.
- Self-Starter You are motivated and willing to take personal accountability for quality and timeliness of work.
- Collaborative Approach You thrive in a collaborative environment and value shared success. You proactively solicit and provide input and excel at communicating complex and technical concepts.
- Time Management You have the ability to manage and prioritize multiple ongoing projects and daily responsibilities.
- Academic Training At a minimum an undergraduate degree in finance mathematics statistics computer science engineering or related discipline. Completion of CFA or relevant graduate degree is considered an asset.
- Industry Experience You havea passion for quantitative finance equity investment data science or related fields.
About Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management is a global institutional asset management firm established in 1982 and based in Vancouver Canada. Our strong stable team of investment professionals manages a broad range of investment solutions that includes traditional mandates such as developed and emerging market equities and fixed income as well as alternative strategies such as portable alpha market neutral and absolute return.
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. is part of the Connor Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. (CC&L Financial Group) a multi-boutique investment management company whose affiliates collectively manage over $139 billion in financial assets. Our affiliation with the CC&L Financial Group allows us to best deliver on the mission to provide superior performance and service to our clients.
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender ethnicity religion sexual orientation or expression disability or age.
We welcome applications from candidates with different levels of experience including interns new graduates and experienced professionals. The base salary range is $90000 $200000 annually plus a competitive performance bonus. Compensation will be determined based on experience and qualifications.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone calls or agencies will be accepted. Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Canada on their start date.
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