Northern Trust is looking to solve the problem of providing innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by hiring an Investment Research Analyst to provide quantitative analysis for use in investment selection, portfolio construction, product development, or asset allocation decisions.
Requirements
- Demonstrated use and application of coding languages to perform data analysis including back-testing
- Demonstrated use and application of artificial intelligence toolsets to perform data analysis, visualization and written output
- Experience using statistical models
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of financial markets, macroeconomics, risk metrics and investment objectives at the product and client level
- Proficiency in coding languages
- Experience with data analysis and modeling
Responsibilities
- Conduct quantitative empirical research
- Perform back testing and risk assessment
- Participate in team meetings and present findings
- Collaborate with project teams and provide investment data to drive fact-based decisions
- Use coding skills to integrate various data sets to perform financial and statistical modeling
- Evaluate and attribute the investment outcomes of those decisions against targets and peers
- Apply data analysis and modeling skills to generate theoretical outputs that can be employed in production processes
Other
- Pursuing a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in mathematics, statistics, computer science, computer engineering, finance, or economics at an accredited college/university
- Preferred minimum GPA of 3.5
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership and teamwork through projects and/or extracurricular involvement
- Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with senior members
