Morningstar India | Senior Quantitative Analyst

Responsibilities

• As a part of the New Product Development Team, you will participate in the full development cycle including ideation, design, development, presentations to global research team and clients, leading up to implementation.
• You will have a good grasp of investment concepts, possess strong analytical skills, good communication skills and will be technically proficient with at least one programming language (Python, R or MATLAB) in addition to SQL.
• Build innovative index solutions through rigorous investment research, and own it through full product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, and validation, leading up to launch.
• Collaborate effectively with the broader Morningstar research organization including equity, quantitative, manager or sustainability research teams, and product management to develop novel thematic and smart beta indexes that leverage Morningstar IP
• Help develop new tools and capabilities to perform portfolio construction or analytics independently, including the use of statistical and machine learning techniques

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a quantitative or financial domain such as equity research, credit research, investment management, risk management, or analytics.
• Knowledge of investment concepts, modern portfolio theory, and portfolio construction processes.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Matlab, R or C#).
• Excellent documentation habits, oral and written communication and presentation skills including ability to distil complex ideas into simple explanations.

Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research and data, headquartered in Chicago and operating through subsidiaries in more than 30 countries with over 40 offices worldwide. It serves individual investors, financial advisers and wealth managers, asset managers, retirement plan providers and institutional investors with data, analytics and research (Morningstar Direct, Morningstar Investor, PitchBook for private markets, Sustainalytics for ESG research), credit ratings through Morningstar DBRS, Morningstar Indexes, and investment management and retirement services.

Morningstar India Private Limited, based in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, is a major data, research, technology and operations centre for the group — Morningstar counts India as one of its four regions alongside the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific — and has been certified as a Great Place to Work for ten consecutive years. Its Mumbai teams work in managed-investment and equity data, equity and manager research, index management and operations, credit and ESG research, product development, client service and corporate finance — work that suits CA, CFA, MBA (Finance), M.Com and B.Com profiles as well as quantitative and research specialists.

• Industry: Financial services — independent investment research, data, indexes and credit ratings
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, USA
• In India: Morningstar India Private Limited, Vashi, Navi Mumbai (Vishwaroop IT Park) and Mumbai (Platinum Park)