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Job Description
- Req#: JR005213
Purpose of the role
The Analyst role spans a broad spectrum of research, investment, and technical tasks as part of the investments team. The Analyst is expected to support all strategies from alpha generation through to implementation and work closely with other teams 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; and interpreting, presenting, and implementing the results. The Analyst will also monitor portfolio risk and country/sector exposures, analyze portfolio returns, and conduct analysis for client communications.
Specific responsibilities
• Work with CIO and investment teams to provide oversight to inputs and outputs of our investment signals and assist with the day-to-day management of the investment process
• Research and implement the CIO’s strategic priorities
• Analyze the output of our portfolio construction process to ensure the integrity of our investment philosophy
• Assist research, portfolio management and technology teams with enhancing existing strategies and creating new algorithms
• Design tools for evaluating portfolio implementation and performance
• Conduct analysis for client communication and presentations
Key competencies
• Minimum of undergraduate and/or graduate coursework in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or accounting
• Previous object-oriented programming experience necessary; Python knowledge strongly preferred
• Recent Graduates encouraged to apply
• 0-3 years of quantitative analysis experience preferred
• Solid understanding of accounting and financial statement analysis
• Strong programming and statistical analysis skills
• Strong work ethic and flexible work schedule
• Detail oriented, good verbal and written communication skills and a collaborative personality
• Strong sense of integrity
About Man Numeric
Man Numeric is a fundamentally-driven systematic investment manager. It takes a bottom-up approach to research and security selection and distils its findings into systematic processes that are applied across regions, styles and capitalisations. It offers long-only and alternative investment strategies that invest in both equity and credit markets.
The firm’s research-driven culture, which is underpinned by advanced technology and data science techniques, focuses on innovation and enhancement across alpha generation, risk management, portfolio construction and implementation.
Man Numeric has capabilities in systematic responsible investing, offering dedicated quantitative strategies and incorporating proprietary ESG and Climate alpha signals across a diverse range of strategies.
Founded in 1989 and becoming part of Man Group in 2014, Man Numeric’s assets under management were $39.4 billion at 30 September 2023. Further information can be found at www.man.com/numeric
Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://www.man.com/diversity . Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
About the company
Man Group plc is an active management business initially founded as a sugar cooperage and brokerage by James Man in 1783.
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