Fundamental Equities - Equity Quant Research Analyst (Income & Value Investment Team), Associate / VP

About this role

BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock’s mission is to create a better financial future for our clients. We have a responsibility to be the voice of the investor, and we represent each client fairly and equally. Constant communication with a diverse team of partners strengthens us and delivers better results for our clients. Continuous innovation helps us bring the best of BlackRock to our clients. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

BlackRock actively manages style-specific portfolios built on proprietary research with the goal of delivering consistent outperformance to our clients. We offer access to the opportunities, information and resources available to a global asset manager combined with the agility of autonomous investment teams.

We believe:

The best performance is delivered by tightly knit, focused, and accountable teams. Returns can be enhanced by the firm-wide sharing of market knowledge and perspectives. Good investment decisions arise from integrating research with portfolio management. A global presence results in a global perspective combined with targeted local expertise. Quantitative portfolio analytics support risk-efficient portfolio construction. Our teams make their own investment decisions – within a prescribed framework and aligned with the firm’s rigorous risk management practices. Each team invests according to its unique philosophy, process and style and has a high level of discretion to allocate across regions, countries, industries and individual stocks.

Our fundamental strategies seek to identify and exploit market inefficiencies in the pursuit of alpha, which include:

• Global

• Regional

• US Equity

• Sector-Specific

Job Purpose/Background:

The US Value and Income team is made up of 30 investment professionals responsible for managing US$65 billion across three main strategies: Equity Dividend, Core, and Focus Value. The strategies are primarily large-cap focused but increasingly include mid-cap investments. The team is based out of New York and Princeton.

The team is currently looking for a quantitative investment analyst to join its Quantitative Alpha Research Group (QARG). The analyst will focus on integrating quantitative research into the team’s fundamental active equity investment process. Successful candidates will provide R&D assistance to the team on various aspects of quant research and portfolio management processes.

Knowledge/Experience:

• Masters' degree or higher in a quantitative discipline, strong record of academic achievement

• 3+ years experience in quant equity (buy or sell-side) preferred

• Standout colleague, self-starter, proactive

• Original and independent thinker, able to work in a fast-paced team environment

• Demonstrated passion for equity markets

• Experience with independent quantitative research is preferred, especially hands-on experience with real-world data sets

Competencies:

• Multidisciplinary generalist approach, able to draw upon various domains to solve complex investment problems

• Able to explain complex technical concepts in plain language to nontechnical audiences

• Strong understanding of statistics, econometrics

• Proficiency in Python, R, or SAS

• Able to work independently with excellent attention to detail

• The ideal candidate can work closely with a small team as well as more broadly within an organization where information-sharing is essential to the success of all teams across asset classes

 

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $147,500 - $209,500. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

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