Quantitative Researcher, Evergreen Portfolio Management (Boston or Toronto)

About the role

This position will be a hybrid work arrangement. You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval.

Responsibilities

• Conducting quantitative modeling and analysis to support management of evergreen private equity portfolios
• You will play a lead role in leveraging proprietary private markets datasets and models to characterize market risk/return relationships, explore liquidity and market stress events, and develop strategies to optimize liquidity management and fund performance.
• Accountable for communicating analysis results and actionable insights to the Evergreen fund team.
• Support and drive adoption and integration of quantitative models to enhance portfolio construction and management processes.
• Responding to ad-hoc quantitative analysis requests

Requirements

• Experience in the financial services industry in a quantitative role is required; however, prior private markets experience is not required.
• Demonstrate rigorous statistical analysis and experience analyzing large datasets.
• Strong Python programming skills (including numerical, statistical modeling and visualization libraries) with SQL experience is required.
• Prior experience in Monte-Carlo simulation methods is preferred.
• Able to learn and enhance an existing code base is required.
• Prefer prior independent research experience in academia or industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) required
• Prefer master's degree or Ph.D. in a technical field

Skills

• Passion for financial markets and investing
• Quantitative research with complex datasets
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity
• Innovative and entrepreneurial attitude
• Comfortable taking initiative
• Excels at clearly and effectively communicating quantitative insights
• Strives in a collegial and collaborative team-oriented environment
• Results and detail oriented
• Willing to work in a position with uneven and high priority project work

Benefits

Base Salary Range $210,000.00 - $280,000.00 This USD base salary range represents only one component of total compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with local requirements. This role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which is determined based on individual and overall firm performance. In addition to salary and bonus, total compensation may include eligibility for long-term reward programs and a comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement, health, insurance, paid time off, and wellness programs.