Quantitative Analyst - Equities

Janus Henderson

$140K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to effectively manage relationships and influence diverse stakeholders.
  • Strong programming and data engineering skills with cloud-based platform experience.
  • Familiarity with institutional investment data platforms such as Bloomberg or FactSet.
  • Interest and knowledge in fundamental investing and financial statement analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Central Research Team to manage research product offerings.
  • Design and maintain data pipelines and cloud infrastructure for research workflows.
  • Analyze portfolio performance for risk management and construction.
  • Develop and implement alpha models for stock selection enhancement.
  • Support operational processes including analyses and project coordination.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model and reasonable accommodations provided.
  • Generous holiday policies and excellent health benefits.
  • Paid volunteer time for community engagement.
  • Professional development support including tuition reimbursement.
  • Maternal/paternal leave benefits with family services.
  • Unique employee events like the 14er challenge.
  • Enjoy complimentary beverages, snacks, and employee Happy Hours.
Full Job Description
  • Collaboration: Partner with key stakeholders on the Central Research Team to support the management of our Research Suite of products.
  • Data Strategy: Design, maintain, and enhance scalable data pipelines and cloud-based infrastructure that support both research and production workflows, ensuring reliable access to high-quality financial data and analytics.
  • Risk & Factor Analysis: Proactively decompose portfolio performance and positioning into factor exposures to assist in risk management and portfolio construction.
  • Model Development: Design, evaluate, and implement alpha models to assist in our stock selection process and refine our portfolio construction methodologies.
  • Operational Execution: Support recurring analyses, documentation, quality-control processes and project coordination while helping to reduce operational friction.
  • Carry out other duties as assigned


What to expect when you join our firm

  • Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
  • Generous Holiday policies
  • Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
  • Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
  • Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
  • Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
  • Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
  • Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours


Must have skills

  • Relationship Management: Proven ability to build credibility, influence outcomes, and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders in a professional environment.
  • Technical Expertise: Advanced programming and data engineering capabilities, with demonstrated experience architecting scalable cloud-based research platforms, data pipelines, and analytical solutions that support both exploratory research and production investment processes.
  • Financial Data: Experience working with institutional investment data platforms and point-in-time financial datasets, including Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ/Compustat, or comparable research and market data sources.
  • Investment Acumen: Demonstrated interest in fundamental investing, including financial statement analysis, valuation, and the application of data-driven insights to investment decision-making.


Nice to have skills

  • Education: Advanced degree in Financial Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, or a related discipline preferred.
  • Certifications: CFA Charterholder, CFA candidate, or demonstrated interest in fundamental security analysis preferred.
  • Communication: Exceptional qualitative skills. Ability to explain complex statistical concepts to fundamental investors and a desire for continued partnership to investigate business drivers


Supervisory responsibilities

  • No


Potential for growth

  • Mentoring
  • Leadership development programs
  • Regular training
  • Career development services
  • Continuing education courses


Compensation information

The base salary range for this position is $140,000-$160,00. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This position will be open through October 15, 2026

Colorado law requires an estimated closing date for job postings. Please don't be discouraged from applying if you see this date has passed.

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Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.

Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here.

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