Quantitative Investment Analyst, Public Securities Group

Location

Chicago

• 110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2700

Business

• Public Securities

Brookfield's Public Securities Group serves institutions and individuals seeking the investment advantages of real assets through actively managed listed equity and debt strategies. The Public Securities Group leverages Brookfield's core real asset expertise across real estate, infrastructure, real asset debt, real asset solutions and opportunistic strategies through a variety of flexible and scalable investment mandates, including separate accounts, registered funds and private funds. Clients include financial institutions, public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors. The Public Securities Group has been investing in public securities for over 30 years and has over $22 billion of assets under management. For more information, visit https://publicsecurities.brookfield.com.

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Job Description

The Position:

The Firm is seeking a quantitative investment analyst in its Chicago office. This person will work with investment and risk professionals across the firm to enhance existing investment strategies and create new products. The candidate should have experience participating in the design and implementation of quantitatively driven investment strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the creation of quantitative investment portfolios to meet incoming demand for thematic or systematic asset allocation strategies.

• Develop quantitative tools for back testing of systematic investment strategies through various asset classes (including Equity, Commodities, Fixed Income, and Multi-Asset) while considering trading and pricing constraints (including liquidity, trading capacity and turnover limitations).

• Analyze ongoing financial and economic conditions to determine its impact on trading, portfolio performance and portfolio risk management

• Work with the fundamental investment teams to incorporate new data and quantitative techniques into the investment process and screening tools

• Use data analytic tools to visualize and present research results.

The Candidate:

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• 5+ years working in a quantitative role within an Asset Manager, Bank, or Hedge Fund preferred.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or another highly quantitative field

• Strong programming and system integration skills, SQL and Python preferred

• Experience working with factor models used in portfolio construction and risk management (Bloomberg, Barra, Axioma, etc..)

• Knowledge of portfolio optimization techniques used to target different outcomes (yield, volatility, downside protection) with complex constraints.

• Effective communicator, both oral and written, with ability to present with clarity, precision and conviction

• Experience working with large datasets and data visualization tools (Tableau, Python, R)

• Able to prioritize and work independently on multiple tasks to ensure that complex projects are completed by deadline, with interim review steps incorporated

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.