Quantitative Research Analyst

As one of the world’s leading asset managers, Invesco is dedicated to helping investors worldwide achieve their financial objectives. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world.

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Job Description

Invesco is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Quantitative Research Analyst to join our innovative and entrepreneurial Custom Equity team. This role is ideal for someone with strong development skills and a passion for quantitative investment management. You will collaborate closely with portfolio managers to develop and enhance our sophisticated portfolio management platform. Your efforts will be pivotal in improving the production quality, automation, and scalability of our proprietary tax-optimized equity separately managed account technologies. Additionally, you will play a vital role in the daily management and optimization of portfolios, ensuring their successful performance using our advanced platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Platform Development: Develop and automate enhancements for our proprietary portfolio construction platform.
• Portfolio Management: Oversee daily portfolio implementation processes, including optimization review and trading oversight.
• Research Collaboration: Work with the research team to implement new investment capabilities and methodologies.
• Data Management: Manage information and data services requirements, ensuring robust research platform programming.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience as a developer or quantitative analyst, preferably in quantitative investment management.
• Technical Skills: Excellent coding skills with extensive hands-on experience in Python is required; experience in cloud-based environments such as AWS is preferred.
• Quantitative Knowledge: Understanding of quantitative equity investment strategies.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and mathematical skills, especially optimization techniques are essential.
• Econometrics and Statistics: Excellent working knowledge, including time-series analysis is required.
• Project Management: Proven ability to independently plan, coordinate, and execute development projects.

Skills and Attributes:

• Passion: Genuine passion for quantitative investment management.
• Results-Driven: Strong focus on high-quality execution and results.
• Initiative: Demonstrated ownership of quantitative research projects and proactive development of new techniques.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with researchers, portfolio managers, client portfolio managers, distribution teams, intermediaries, and clients.
• Motivation: Highly motivated and driven, with the ability to work collaboratively across groups while staying focused on core research functions.
• Team Player: Reliable and responsible team player.
• Flexibility: Ability to work effectively in both in-office and hybrid settings.

Formal Education:

• Advanced degree in a quantitative or technical field, with demonstrated academic excellence.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $125,000 - $135,000 / year. The total compensation offered for this position includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills, experience and location.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office. 

What’s in it for you?

 

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including: 

• Flexible paid time off

• Hybrid work schedule 

• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution 

• Health & wellbeing benefits 

• Parental Leave benefits 

• Employee stock purchase plan

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.