Job: Quantitative Finance Analyst

Title: Quantitative Finance Analyst

Location: Cambridge

Background

State Street Associates (SSA) is a unique partnership of industry experts and academia formed to build and promote a pre-eminent research agenda around quantitative investor behavior, portfolio construction and risk management.

State Street Associates’ staff work in a collegiate environment just off Harvard Square, Cambridge, designed to foster creative and groundbreaking thought.  Our work is extensively peer-reviewed and published in academic and practitioner journals.

Our business objectives are to promote State Street’s brand as the leading provider of knowledge resources for global investors and provide valuable, proprietary research to these clients in support of our sell-side business, State Street Global Markets.

SSA is looking for an analyst or lead analyst to develop quantitative indicators and trading and investment strategies.

Requirements

·       Graduate or undergraduate degree or coursework in a quantitative field such as physics, statistics, computer science, economics, or finance (salary commensurate with degree and experience).

·       Solid knowledge of Matlab, or the ability to learn new programming languages quickly, is essential.  Knowledge of SQL is a plus.

·       Knowledge of basic financial asset pricing theory and econometrics is a plus.

·       Strong written and oral communication skills

Contact: sclawrence@statestreet.com