Job: Portfolio Manager/Researcher

Portfolio Manager/Researcher

Position Overview:

The Portfolio Manager is a senior investment team contributor responsible for the management of quantitative equity portfolios at Acadian Asset Management in Acadian's Boston office. With over $75 billion in assets Acadian is a Boston- and Singapore-based quantitative equity manager striving to be the world's leading equity manager. Over the past five years, our portfolios in a variety of global, non-US, emerging markets and small-cap strategies have achieved top-decile investment performance. Our goal is to build on and enhance our current investment team and process to provide even better results going forward. Acadian is a collegial and team-oriented meritocratic environment where new ideas are respected and have often been quickly incorporated in our investment approach.

Duties and Responsibilities:

We expect the Portfolio Manager will spend most of their time in three areas:

• Research of new stock selection, sector, currency or country factors used in our process to create return forecasts

• Management of equity portfolios, including improvements in the implementation of our forecasts

• Marketing and client service, including presentations to Acadian's global client base

Qualifications:

The Portfolio Manager/Researcher should have either a PhD in finance or a related field, or 5 or more years of experience conducting quantitative investment research and managing equity portfolios. In addition, the position requires:

• New ideas on how to add value in the context of a quantitative investment process

• Expertise in some area related to equity investing, whether that be accounting, quantitative finance, optimization and portfolio construction, sector forecasting, or other areas.

• Consistency with Acadian’s structured and disciplined investment philosophy

• A willingness and ability to work in a collegial, result-focused environment

• Knowledge of some analytical, statistics, programming or database tools; examples - Matlab, SQL, C++, SAS, ClariFI

• Superior verbal communications skills, with the ability to conduct high level meetings with clients and prospects, and a willingness to travel up to 25 - 35% of time.

Interested candidates should send resume to resumes_research@Acadian-asset.com with reference to QWAFAFEW posting.

No phone calls please. EEO