Portfolio Research Analyst, Quantitative Equities

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Vancouver, BC

We are looking for a Portfolio Research Analyst to join our fast-paced and entrepreneurial Quantitative Equity Team! We combine quantitative research with leading-edge technology to develop our unique algorithmic investment strategies. A culture of innovation, growth and success through collaboration and mutual respect has enabled us to deliver top tier performance for over two decades. Today, our clients entrust us with over $42 billion in assets across a range of investment mandates.

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.

Vancouver, BC

We are looking for a Portfolio Research Analyst to join our fast-paced and entrepreneurial Quantitative Equity Team! We combine quantitative research with leading-edge technology to develop our unique algorithmic investment strategies. A culture of innovation, growth and success through collaboration and mutual respect has enabled us to deliver top tier performance for over two decades. Today, our clients entrust us with over $42 billion in assets across a range of investment mandates.

This is a role within the Portfolio Construction group responsible for the construction of optimal portfolios and desired trades for those portfolios.

You will be contributing to the ongoing advancement of our in-house equity portfolio optimization framework that directly drives our daily investment decisions for delivering exceptional portfolio performance over the long term. You will possess an understanding of the key drivers of equity portfolio construction, including equity forecasts, risk management, and transaction cost management.

We are based in beautiful Vancouver, Canada; our team embraces the lifestyle and activities that life in Vancouver awards.

What You Will Do

This is an exciting role for an individual who is passionate about quantitative research and wants to apply a disciplined and scientific approach to portfolio construction. You will work with key decision makers on the team and have a broad range of responsibilities, including:

• Research and development – Conduct projects to enhance the portfolio optimization solutions by applying a variety of skills and techniques in finance, mathematical optimization, and statistics.
• Portfolio oversight – Monitor portfolio characteristics and ensure consistency with investment strategy and guidelines.
• Performance analysis – Conduct in-depth portfolio performance attribution to support decision making, performance evaluation, idea generation, and client understanding.
• Research infrastructure improvements – Identify, propose and collaborate on enhancements to the research infrastructure and workflow processes underlying the portfolio optimization research and development efforts.
• Cross team support – Collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, model research analysts and investment process/data analysts to ensure seamless integration of portfolio optimization objectives, inputs and parameters.

• Domain expertise – You have a foundational understanding of optimization theory, factor investing, portfolio risk management, and transaction cost management. You can effectively understand and identify methodologies to solve portfolio optimization problems.
• Systematic and analytical mindset – Passionate about bringing systematization and a disciplined structure together with investment intuition. You have experience with producing quantitative research and think critically and intuitively with a balance of fundamental theory and empirical validation.
• Creativity / innovation – You have demonstrated an ability to contribute new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Demonstrated learner – You love…