Quantitative Researcher, Vice President at BNY Mellon

Quantitative Researcher, Vice President

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About BNY Investments:

BNY Investments is a division of BNY, one of the world’s largest and most-trusted financial services groups. BNY Investments is a leading investment manager, with $2.1 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024. Through an investor-first approach, the firm brings to clients the best of both worlds: specialist expertise from seven specialist investment managers offering solutions across every major asset class, backed by the strength, stability, and global presence of BNY.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Quantitative Researcher at Vice President level to join BNY Investments. This role can be based in our Boston, MA, or New York City office.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead quantitative research in macro investment strategies using sophisticated techniques with a focus on generating alpha.

• Generate, research and implement investment ideas from A to Z, including – developing hypotheses, gathering and analyzing data, building sophisticated models and implementing research code.

• Integrate traditional and alternative datasets.

• Present research results in a clear manner to entire team and externally.

• Communicate with other researchers, portfolio management, and research engineering to enhance research and portfolio management process.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• A Bachelors, Master’s or PhD degree in technical discipline.

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative investment management focusing on alpha signals.

• Expertise in sophisticated quantitative investment modeling techniques and knowledge of relevant academic literature – experience with machine learning preferred.

• Strong knowledge of derivatives – experience with derivatives research preferred.

• Experience with alternative datasets and intra-day financial data preferred.

• Deep understanding of and intuition for financial markets and the macro environment.

• Very strong coding skills in Python.

• Strong ability to present sophisticated research results in a clear manner.

• Team player with a passion for research and a sense of humility.

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Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

• BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
• Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $87,000 and $121,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.

This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.