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QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ANALYST
FIRM OVERVIEW
Advanti Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of database solutions for investment management firms. Headquartered in the heart of the financial district of Boston, Massachusetts, Advanti was founded in 2003 with a mission to team-up with our clients to deliver exactly what they now and positioned for growth into the future. We count 12 of the top 50 investment managers in the world as our clients, many of whom manage over $500B in assets, and have terabytes of complicated financial data sets in a variety of data repositories.
If you want to work on complex technical problems, with massive amounts of interesting data and alongside industry proven experts in a fun and collaborative environment, check out Advanti!
POSITION DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a creative individual with substantial experience in quantitative research in the investment arena. The Quant Business Analyst will focus on two primary areas: (1) translating low-level business needs of clients’ CIO/Head of Research/Quant Research Analysts, in a very clear and descriptive manner to the Advanti product team, consisting of software and database developers, and (2) helping to develop the product road map for a ground-breaking Advanti platform, helping quants abstract away the mechanics of preparing data for analysis thereby helping them to focus on the fun part of the business, developing models!
DEMONSTRABLE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Quantitative portfolio construction/management process, and it's involvement in the investment lifecycle across the front- to back-office
- Quantitative research methods: backtesting, factor modeling, time-series, cross-sectional analysis, simulations, optimization, etc
- Major asset classes including: equities, fixed income, derivatives, currencies, futures, alternatives, with a primary focus on equities.
- "How to use" quantitative research data: historical security master, corporate actions, pricing, earnings, fundamentals, performance, holdings, etc
- Financial/data products: Bloomberg, FactSet, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Compustat, Worldscope, IBES, QFS, Datastream, etc
- Proficiency in development using: Matlab or R; SQL Server or Oracle; C# or Java
- Desired educational background in Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Math, Physics (MS or PhD is a plus)
ADVANTI DNA
A crucial factor to working at Advanti is aligning with its culture. We seek individuals who are: insightful, self-empowered to take ownership, agents to drive change, entrepreneurial at heart, and know how to laugh and have fun doing what they love to do.
- Ability to understand the business problem first, then apply the appropriate technology second
- Ability to interact on the front-lines with customers with logic, poise, and finesse
- Ability to balance concurrent projects while providing clear feedback about the risks
- Driven to produce the highest quality databases through: self-discipline, clear customer communication, attention to detail, resourceful, and independence
- Driven to succeed at the goal despite the obstacles, and the drive to understand
CONCLUSION
There are 5 reasons to work at Advanti: interesting and rewarding work, passionate and smart people, thought leadership management style, fast-paced and entrepreneurial culture, and generous compensation structure. At Advanti you will experience fast career growth afforded by complex real-world problems in the financial domain.
careers@advantisolutions.com
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