Quantitative Research Analyst
Position Title: Quantitative Research Analyst
Job Duties: Work within the firm’s Quantitative Research Group & under the direct supervision of portfolio managers and investment directors to perform sophisticated financial analytical modeling, conduct industry research, and assist in the preparation of written financial investment informational materials. Refine and maintain quantitative financial stock selection models, risk models, and optimization tools in support of the firm's overall portfolio investment management directions and strategies. Create financial models to determine the valuation of researched businesses, industries and specific companies in particular sectors in order to track fundamental changes in industrial operations and overall economics. Collaborate with other analysts in direct support of portfolio managers in the strategic decision-making process. Perform both fundamental financial and quantitative research and take part in ongoing firm research projects. Operate and maintain stock selection screens for global valuation analysis and research fundamental scan of active positions in global markets for significant events. Work with large time-series databases and research alternative and/or unstructured quantitative data sets to perform risk model updating on both developed markets and emerging markets. Provide quantitative support for client services and other marketing needs including index and portfolio disaggregation. Interface with IT to integrate existing systems with new pre-trade, trade, and post-trade analytics while furnishing programming support to automate analytical tasks.
Job Requirement: Master's degree majoring in Financial Engineering, Financial Economics or Quantitative/Mathematical Finance AND minimum of 1+ YEAR employment experience as Financial Analyst / Research Associate in established firm setting working on: quantitative analysis, financial modeling, equity or investment research in international/emerging markets. Must also be skilled in using: commercial equity pricing databases, multi-factor models & optimization tools, financial/statistical software, such as large time-series databases, financial statistics, linear regression; and programming languages such as VBA, SQL, R, Python and/or MATLAB.
Employer/Jobsite: Causeway Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles, CA headquarters location
Salary: $ TBD
Contact: Jules Kaericher, H.R. Representative of Causeway
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., 15th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025