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Career Description

Develop quantitative techniques to inform securities investing, equities investing, pricing, or valuation of financial instruments. Develop mathematical or statistical models for risk management, asset optimization, pricing, or relative value analysis.

What Job Titles Financial Quantitative Analysts Might Have

• Investment Strategist
• Portfolio Manager
• Quantitative Analyst
• Quantitative Equity Analyst

What Financial Quantitative Analysts Do

• Apply mathematical or statistical techniques to address practical issues in finance, such as derivative valuation, securities trading, risk management, or financial market regulation.
• Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction or optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, or pricing models.
• Interpret results of financial analysis procedures.
• Develop core analytical capabilities or model libraries, using advanced statistical, quantitative, or econometric techniques.
• Define or recommend model specifications or data collection methods.
• Produce written summary reports of financial research results.
• Maintain or modify all financial analytic models in use.
• Provide application or analytical support to researchers or traders on issues such as valuations or data.
• Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.
• Collaborate in the development or testing of new analytical software to ensure compliance with user requirements, specifications, or scope.
• Confer with other financial engineers or analysts on trading strategies, market dynamics, or trading system performance to inform development of quantitative techniques.
• Consult traders or other financial industry personnel to determine the need for new or improved analytical applications.
• Research new financial products or analytics to determine their usefulness.

What Financial Quantitative Analysts Should Be Interested In

• Investigative - Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
• Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.