Quantitative Research Analyst

Summary

Join SCM, a company committed to diversity and inclusion, as a highly driven and motivated individual to develop and implement automated statistical trading models. This role offers the flexibility of in-person, remote, or hybrid work arrangements. You will utilize your analytical and quantitative skills, market knowledge, and intuition to participate in all aspects of research and trading model development, including generating research ideas, building and analyzing data sets, conducting statistical data analysis, and implementing quantitative production trading models.

Requirements

• A bachelors or advanced degree in a field providing a background in advanced statistical analysis of large data sets (includes, but is not limited to, economics, finance, statistics, mathematics or computer science)
• Programming experience, ideally including R, C++ and/or Python
• Strong working knowledge of regression, time series analysis and other statistical techniques
• The ability to comprehend and synthesize academic literature in finance, economics and statistics
• Strong financial market interest
• The ability to simplify and effectively communicate complex concepts

Responsibilities

• Utilize your analytical and quantitative skills, market knowledge and intuition to develop and implement automated statistical trading models
• Participate in all aspects of research and trading model development, including generating research ideas, building and analyzing data sets, conducting statistical data analysis and implementing quantitative production trading models

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building, organizing and analyzing large data sets is preferred

Benefits

• Health and dental plans
• 401(k) contributions, which includes a discretionary profit sharing program
• Bonus