Octavius Finance, a specialist recruiter within quantitative financial markets, is working with a $10bn+ hedge fund seeking to hire a Quantamental Analyst / Quantitative Researcher to partner directly with a highly regarded Equity Long/Short Thematic Portfolio Manager.

This is a unique opportunity to join an established investment team and sit at the intersection of fundamental investing, quantitative research, data science, portfolio analytics and investment technology. The successful candidate will work closely with the PM to develop portfolio monitoring tools, trade analytics, investment dashboards and research infrastructure that directly support investment decision-making.

The team already has a suite of proprietary tools in place, and the successful individual will be responsible for expanding and improving these capabilities while identifying new ways to extract insight from portfolio, market and company-level data.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance portfolio and trade-level dashboards, monitoring tools and analytics frameworks.

• Build systems to analyse portfolio exposures, risk concentrations, performance attribution and investment outcomes.

• Create tools that help the PM monitor positions, themes, catalysts and portfolio construction decisions.

• Work closely with the investment team to improve decision-making through data visualisation and quantitative analysis.

• Develop research tools and workflows to support idea generation, portfolio management and risk oversight.

• Help automate processes and improve the efficiency and scalability of the investment platform.

• Partner with technology and data teams where required to integrate new datasets and analytical capabilities.

Requirements

• Strong Python development skills with experience building analytical tools, dashboards and investment applications.

• Experience working alongside discretionary equity investors in either a hedge fund, asset management or quantamental investment environment.

• Understanding of equity portfolio construction, risk management and performance attribution.

• Experience analysing portfolio and position-level data within a Long/Short equity strategy.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with Portfolio Managers and investment teams.

• Experience with data visualisation tools, portfolio analytics platforms or risk systems would be advantageous.

This role would suit someone currently working in Quantamental Research, Quantitative Research, Equity Quant Research, Portfolio Analytics, Investment Data Science, Risk Analytics, Quantitative Development, Equity Risk, Portfolio Monitoring, Data Science, Alternative Data Research or Investment Technology roles supporting Long/Short Equity, Fundamental Equities or Multi-Strategy hedge fund teams.

Candidates may currently hold titles such as Quantamental Analyst, Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Researcher, Investment Data Scientist, Equity Quant, Quant Developer, Portfolio Analyst, Risk Analyst, Investment Analytics Specialist or Portfolio Analytics Engineer.

About Octavius Finance

Octavius Finance specialises in the recruitment of Quantitative Researchers, Quantamental Analysts, Data Scientists, Portfolio Managers, Traders, Quant Developers and Investment Technology professionals across hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading firms and investment banks globally.

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