Senior Quantitative Analyst – New Product Development – Morningstar Indexes
- Employer
- Morningstar India Pvt Ltd
- Location
- Navi Mumbai, Vashi
- Salary
- Best in the Industry
- Closing date
- Aug 3, 2021
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- Job Function
- Banking, Portfolio Management: Alternatives, Portfolio Management: Equities, Portfolio Management: Fixed Income, Portfolio Management: Multi-Asset, Structured Products, Wealth Management
- Industry Sector
- Asset Management, Consulting Firm, Fintech/Insurtech, Investment Bank
- Certifications
- Passed CFA Level I, Passed CFA Level II, Passed CFA Level III (Charter Pending), CFA Charterholder
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
Job Details
The Area: Morningstar Indexes Team leverages its expertise in equity research, manager research, asset allocation, and portfolio construction to create innovative investment solutions. It uses Morningstar’s intellectual property to create indexes that empower investors to achieve their goals at every stage of the investment process - market monitoring, benchmarking, and asset allocation. The unit offers a broad suite of global equity, bond, commodity and asset allocation indexes.
The Role: As a part of the New Product Development Team, you will participate in the full development cycle including ideation, design, development, presentations to global research team and clients, leading up to implementation. The ideal candidate will have a good grasp of investment concepts, possess strong analytical skills, good communication skills and will be technically proficient with at least one programming language (Python, R or MATLAB) in addition to SQL. This position is based in our Navi Mumbai office.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will
- Collaborate effectively with Morningstar research organization including equity, quantitative, manager or sustainability research teams, and product management to develop novel thematic and smart beta indexes that leverage Morningstar IP.
- Work on the entire product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, and validation, leading up to launch.
- Work closely with other index teams to operationalize index methodologies.
- Develop new tools and capabilities to perform portfolio construction or analytics independently, including the use of statistical and machine learning techniques.
- Publish white papers, factsheets, client presentations, and other collateral to support go-to-market plans.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years of experience in a quantitative or financial domain such as equity research, credit research, investment management, risk management, or analytics.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, financial discipline, or engineering.
- MBA from a premier institute.
- CFA charter or candidature (at least passed Level II) is preferred.
- Knowledge of institutional investing, modern portfolio theory, and portfolio construction processes.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Matlab, R or C#).
- Excellent documentation habits, oral and written communication and presentation skills including ability to distil complex ideas into simple explanations.
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.
Eligibility
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics or Management with a passion for finance
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) preferred
Contact :Interested applicants can email a copy of their updated profile to Smrutika.patil@morningstar.com
Process: Interviews of shortlisted candidates will be conducted via video conference during weekdays
Know more about us @ www.morningstar.in | www.facebook.com/MorningstarIndia | Morningstar India YouTube Channel
Company
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with about $220 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2019. The company has operations in 27 countries. For more information, visit www.morningstar.com/company. Follow Morningstar on Twitter @MorningstarInc.
- Telephone
- 9930831088
- Location
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Vashi- 400709
Navi Mumbai
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400705
IN
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