Sector Data Analyst

The Role 

We are seeking an exceptionally talented individual to join our Risk team as a Sector Data Analyst.  The Sector Data team works closely with portfolio managers, technologists, and others to incorporate real world data into the investment process.  You will be responsible for processing and analyzing this data and working closely with our investment teams to maximize the alpha generated from your insights.

What you’ll do 

• Use real-world data to address complex investment theses across multiple market sectors.
• Coordinate with investment and market data teams to find and exploit alpha sources.
• Push actionable significant insights, forecasts, and inflection points to investment teams.
• Contribute to all aspects of the data science pipeline, including data ingestion, processing data into researchable views, and generating economically meaningful features and forecasts.
• Build technology, tools, and processes to handle some of the world’s largest and messiest data in a scalable way.
• As an early joiner, help build the sector data capability at Schonfeld into a best-in-class function.

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• A bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field such as mathematics, data science, computer science, or similar field.
• 2–5 years’ experience in a similar role at a hedge fund, data provider, or other data-oriented role.
• Strong programming and data analysis skills in a Linux environment, especially in Python and SQL.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• A keen, analytical eye with attention to detail.
• Thoroughness and strong ownership of work streams and end products.
• A passion for financial markets and data.
• Experience in a high volume, fast paced work environment.

We’d love if you had:

• Knowledge of statistical packages.
• Specialized knowledge of different industries and/or data sources.
• Experience with Spark.
• Experience building data pipelines.
• Experience with large, messy, real-world data.
• Experience explaining complicated, data-driven insights in an investment context.

Our Culture

The firm’s ethos is embedded in our people. ‘Talent is our strategy’ is our mantra and drives how we approach all initiatives at the firm. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority.

Schonfeld strives to create an environment where our people can thrive. We foster a teamwork-oriented, collaborative environment where ideas at any level are encouraged and shared. The development and advancement of our talent is honed through interactions with each other, learning & educational offerings, and through opportunities to make impactful contributions. In our agile environment, engineers are expected to self-organize and collaborate on the best way to solve problems, and they are collectively responsible for the entire team's delivery. Engineering teams are small and cross-functional, and value learning and knowledge sharing.

At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm we are committed to creating a hiring process which is not only fair, but also welcoming and supportive. On a daily basis, our employees welcome diversity across identity, thought, people and views which serves as the foundation of our culture and success. You can learn more about our DEI initiatives here - Belonging @ Schonfeld.

Who we are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

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