Major Hedge Fund is looking for a Research Associate to join their team of professionals to focus on proprietary strategies related to asset allocation.

ROLE

 Drive research initiatives to develop proprietary credit and volatility quantitative trading strategies

 Work closely with portfolio managers in implementing trading strategies

  Perform statistical and economic research on financial data related to trading strategies

  Design research infrastructure for the purpose of conducting economic and statistical research

 REQUIREMENTS

 Ph.D. from top tier program in Finance, Economics, Operations Research or Financial Engineering

  2+ year’s industry experience working with Credit and/or Volatility related products

  Creative, innovative approach to research and strategy development

  Experience programming in Matlab or similar tools; Python experience a plus

  Strong analytical and problem solving skills

  Passion for research, hard-working, and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, collaborative environment

  Strong presentation skills and ability to discuss and explain involved concepts in finance and mathematics in both verbal and written form