Numeric Quantitative Rotational Analyst at Man Group in Massachusetts

Summary: Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients. The Numeric Quantitative Rotational Analyst will participate in a graduate program that involves rotations through various teams, conducting research and developing strategies to improve trading in financial markets. Responsibilities: - Conduct research and develop strategies which will improve our trading of financial markets in equities and across the business in general - Develop and improve quantitative investment strategies in financial markets within the Strategic Alpha Research team - Work closely with other team members to create new and support existing strategies by identifying new investment ideas or innovative data sources - Conduct research on various implementation aspects of investment strategies such as trading cost models, risk models, optimization, and portfolio construction - Validate the inputs to our models as well as the output from the quantitative signals used to make buy/sell decisions - Monitor portfolio risk and country/sector exposures, analyze portfolio returns, and conduct analysis for client communications - Analyze the output of our portfolio construction process to ensure the integrity of our investment philosophy - Assist research and portfolio management teams with enhancing existing signals and creating new signals - Work directly with the research and portfolio management teams to implement new ideas and signals which explain and outperform the market - Ensure the continued success of Raptor, our in-house Quant Platform, and build the tools, frameworks, libraries and applications which power our Quantitative Research and Systematic Trading Required Qualifications: - Strong academic record and undergraduate coursework in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or engineering - Strong programming and statistical analysis skills (e.g., Python, R) and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly - Demonstrated problem solving ability - Self-organized with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with contending business demands and priorities - Focused on delivering value to the business with steadfast efforts to improve process Required Skills: Quantitative Research, Portfolio Management, Financial Markets - Equities, Trading Cost Models, Risk Models, Optimization, Portfolio Construction, Programming - Python, Programming - R, Statistical Analysis, Numerical Algorithms, Cluster Computing, Data Analysis Benefits: 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