Quantitative Investment Analyst (Hybrid)

About Us

Our employees are at the heart of what we do: helping people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. At Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, we are experts in protecting what makes businesses unique. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage aligned with our targeted customer groups.

Intact’s Global Specialty Lines business spans across more than 20 verticals in four distinct markets: U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe. This opportunity is for our U.S. team.

About the Role

We currently have an opportunity for a Quantitative Investment Analyst to join our Intact Investment Management team based in our Plymouth, MN office on a hybrid schedule. This position combines investment expertise, data science, and modern AI techniques to manage the IIM-US data warehouse and support the investment team in achieving investment excellence.

Responsibilities

• Source, clean, and validate large datasets including market data, fundamental security-level data, macroeconomic data, and alternative data sources.
• Identify biases in the data and build robust research datasets and automated pipelines.
• Quantitative Research & Modeling: Research, develop, and test quantitative investment signals across rates, credit, and sector allocation using statistical and machine learning techniques. Conduct rigorous backtests evaluating risk-adjusted returns, draw-down analysis, correlations, and total returns.
• Portfolio and Risk Support: Develop datasets, models, and tools to support portfolio construction by analyzing downside risks, scenario testing, stress testing, time-series, and tracking error.
• Implementation and Production: Develop production-ready tools and workflows. Monitor performance, make changes/updates, and evaluate performance versus expectations. Improve automation, reliability, and scalability of quantitative analytics and reporting. Deploy models into scalable production environments leveraging automated workflows.
• Collaboration and Communication: Communicate quantitative insights clearly to portfolio managers, investment leadership, and Intact investment leadership. Establish best practices for data infrastructure, quantitative tools, processes, and machine learning.
• Model Governance: Establish and maintain best practices for model validation, documentation, and reproducibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in quantitative investing, research, or financial data science.
• Experience writing code, including Python (required), C#, and SQL (preferred).
• Experience with time-series analysis, statistics, and fixed income mathematical concepts.

Pay

The typical base salary range for this position is $86,000 - $100,000, determined by factors such as location, role, experience, and skillset.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with no waiting period.
• Competitive paid time off programs.
• 401(k) savings and annual contributions of up to 12% of annual salary.
• Mental health support programs, life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits.

Why Choose Intact

• Our Values: We are committed to acting with the highest ethical standards through our five core values: integrity, respect, customer-driven, excellence, and social responsibility.
• Diversity and Inclusion: We see diversity as a strength and aspire to create an environment where everyone can be themselves, grow, and succeed.
• Work-Life Balance: We offer flexible work arrangements and time-off options to foster a healthy work-life balance.
• Growth Opportunities: We provide tools, opportunities, and flexibility to help you reach your goals and invest in your development.
• Impact: Help lead an insurance transformation to better protect people, businesses, and society.
• Team Collaboration: Work with inspiring people to do your best work every day and stand up for what is right.