PhD Internship - Quantitative Research Analyst

Primary Responsibilities

• Read and analyze academic research or other source material pertaining to anomalies in the global financial markets.
• Build data sets and conduct statistical analysis on the data.

Requirements

• Substantial progress toward a degree (graduate level preferred) in a quantitative discipline (e.g. statistics, econometrics, mathematics, engineering, physics or computer science) or finance (with extensive coursework in quantitative disciplines).
• Programming experience, ideally including R, C++ and/or Python.
• Experience with regression analysis.
• Strong interest in learning how to build, organize and analyze large data sets.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.