AM Quantitative Analyst I

Fidelity Investments

$135K — $175K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or foreign equivalent; Master's degree considered with no experience.
  • 3+ years of experience as an AM Quantitative Analyst I or similar, focused on data sources and alpha generation.
  • Expertise in developing quantitative investment strategies using advanced statistical techniques and machine learning methods.
  • Proficient in data manipulation and pipeline creation using SQL and relational databases like Oracle and Snowflake.
  • Familiarity with modern portfolio theory, optimization, and transaction cost analysis techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze financial information to inform investment decisions regarding business, industry, and economic conditions.
  • Monitor portfolio risks and returns while measuring their attributes for improved decision-making.
  • Prepare actionable investment plans based on comprehensive financial analyses.
  • Interpret various data influences on investment programs, including price stability and risk trends.
  • Develop models for detecting and forecasting market conditions to enhance asset diversification and portfolio construction.
  • Assist in designing and launching innovative investment solutions that meet client needs.
  • Present quantitative frameworks and investment processes to consultants and clients, adapting complexity for varied audiences.

Benefits

  • Onsite working model transitioning towards full-time presence across roles.
  • Opportunities for skill development and advancement within a leading investment firm.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Position Description:

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Conducts research studies and develops quantitative techniques, models and tools to support and enhance the investment process. Defines and communicates financial facts and filters relevance using econometric modeling tools. Enhances the use of quantitative finance within company's investment process. Offers clear, concise and persuasive investment recommendations. Process large data sets and analyzes the impact to investment decisions, using Python, R, MATLAB, SQL, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Builds robust quantitative tools to aid all aspects of portfolio construction, using R, MATLAB and relational databases. Develops and evaluates innovative systematic strategies. Improves frameworks for global tactical asset allocation.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Informs investment decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.
  • Monitors, measures, and attributes portfolio risks and returns.
  • Prepares plans of action for investment, using financial analyses.
  • Interprets data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.
  • Builds models on the detection and forecast of market environments, providing insights into as-set diversification and portfolio construction in distinct regimes.
  • Assists with the design and launch of new investment solutions.
  • Meets with consultants and clients to present the team's investment process and quantitative frameworks.
  • Collaborates closely with investment and technology professionals within the division.
  • Explains complex quantitative concepts to non-technical personnel.


Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as an AM Quantitative Analyst I (or closely related field) investigating large structured and novel data sources to generate alpha, using Python, R, MATLAB and SQL in a Linux environment.

Or, alternatively, Master's degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and no experience.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:
  • Demonstrated Expertise ("DE") designing, creating, analyzing, and validating quantitative equity investment strategies (alpha and risk models), using advanced mathematical, statistical, and machine learning techniques -- multivariate regression, clustering analysis (Connectivity based - hierarchical clustering and Centroid based - K-means algorithm), Bayesian statistics, Time-Series analysis, and non-linear tree-based models.
  • DE streamlining data preparation pipeline using relational databases (Oracle and Snowflake) and performing manipulation via SQL, large-scale dataset processing, web scraping, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and parallel computing; and conducting signal research for stock return prediction, using multivariate regression, Structural Vector Autoregressions (SVARs), identification of principal time-series shocks, Graph-based ranking algorithm, and statistical Machine Learning (Machine Learning).
  • DE implementing quantitative strategies and portfolio analytics platforms, using R, Python, MATLAB, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and GitHub; and designing robust development pipeline, using version control, automated testing, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
  • DE performing portfolio construction research utilizing modern portfolio theory, mathematical optimization, numerical analysis, and transaction cost optimization, using Gurobi and Axioma; and developing in-depth portfolio analysis framework using Brinson attribution, regression-based return decomposition, Marginal Risk Contribution, regime analysis, and sensitivity analysis.

Salary: $135,000.00 to $175,000.00/year.

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Fidelity's Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

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