O'Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC seeks an Associate Director, Research Analyst in Stamford, CT.What are the ongoing responsibilities of an Associate Director, Research Analyst?The Associate Director, Research Analyst will lead, supervise, and release the programming and research of fund tax loss harvesting process for fixed income, pure equity, and mixed funds.
What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?Requires a Master's degree in Finance, Mathematics, or related field or equivalent.
Must include three (3) years of experience with the following responsibilities, skills and/or tools:
- Building out optimization engines and machine learning pipelines and developing rigorous and scalable data management/analysis tools to support data-intensive quantitative investment process including Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) and Bi-directional Encoder Representation from Transformers (BERT), boosted tree, and relative valuation PCA dimensionality reduction;
- Improving user interface tools to consolidate investment risk/return characteristics;
- Utilizing Python and statistical modeling to test and optimize client accounts and build regression analysis and comparative testing;
- Engineering and comparing different optimization solvers and suggesting alternative business provider solution(s);
- Resolving conflicts in tax optimization matrix record between trading threshold and restriction and improving optimization feasibility;
- Simulating tax alpha for active and passive strategies and analyzing relative tax loss harvesting capabilities across varying portfolio composition, rebalance frequency, lot relief methodology, and turnover;
- Clarifying released optimization features through cross-department communications; and
- Leading fund tax loss harvesting initiatives and improving existing pipelines.
**100% remote, telecommute/work from home from anywhere in the U.S. & report to HQ.**
Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards-monetary and non-monetary - designed to support their well-being and recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, a 401(k) plan with a generous match, and recognition rewards. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a range of competitive healthcare options, insurance, and disability benefits, employee stock investment program, learning resources, career development programs, reimbursement for certain education expenses, paid time off (vacation / holidays / sick / leave / parental & caregiving leave / bereavement / volunteering / floating holidays) and a motivational wellbeing program. We expect the salary for this position to range between USD $129,150.00 - $150,000.00 plus discretionary bonus.
