Investment Analyst-Quantitative Managment

Investment Analyst – Quantitative Management – Downtown Columbus, Ohio

At OPERS, a 60-person investment staff manages $100 billion of investments in the strategic asset allocation approved by our Board of Directors. The position being hired will be a member of a six-person team managing a variety of portfolios in US Equity, Non-US Equity, Commodity and REITs asset classes. We employ quantitative techniques for managing the portfolios and use automation to process large datasets in order to manage over $20 billion in assets. We use derivatives to manage market exposure and the team invests using a variety of management styles including index, active, equity style factors and multi-asset strategies.

Are you an Investments professional who has a passion for data analytics? Would you like the responsibility of managing investment portfolios and having an impact on performance? Do you enjoy learning new quantitative and analytics techniques? Are you interested in learning from other investors and using sophisticated systems? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, we want to talk to you!

What you’ll do

As a member of our Quantitative Management group, you would be working with a group of Investments professionals whose passion for investments impacts the lives of over 1 million Ohioans. You would be responsible for researching enhancements to our internally managed equity quantitative factor, alternative risk premia, commodity, enhanced and global beta/index-oriented portfolios. You would to assist with developing and implementing daily management decision-making processes as well as monitoring portfolio exposures, derivatives use, portfolio risks and performing trades, rebalancing and portfolio optimization/construction.

For a full job details go to: https://www.opers.org/careers/position-details/Investment-Analyst-Quant-Management.pdf

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Who we are

Since 1935, OPERS has provided security and peace of mind to Ohio’s retired public workers and their families by offering retirement, disability and survivor benefit programs for public employers. Our office is in downtown Columbus, minutes from the historic German Village neighborhood and the bustling Short North District. Columbus is a city that never stops innovating, thriving or shaping tomorrow and those attributes align perfectly with our core values. At OPERS, we never stop working for our members and investing in their futures.

As OPERS associates, we make a difference in our members’ lives from the moment they join the Plan, throughout their careers and well into retirement. When you join the OPERS family, you’ll become part of a dynamic, diverse community that shares a passion for serving others. And you’ll become a member too – the work we do as OPERS associates directly impacts our own futures.

Build your career by joining the largest state pension fund in Ohio which proudly serves over 700,000 public employees and retirees. Benefit from a competitive Total Rewards Package that includes access to financial and personal wellness tools and resources. Be part of a dynamic, diverse community that shares a passion for serving others. Apply today!