Senior Quantitative Analyst

Overview

Senior Quantitative Analyst on the New Product Development team of Morningstar Indexes, taking index solutions from ideation through to launch.

What you'll do

• Build innovative index solutions through rigorous investment research, and own them through the full product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development and validation, leading up to launch.
• Collaborate 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.
• Promote integration of team throughput and operational processes with other index teams to facilitate growth of the product and methodology suite.
• Help develop new tools and capabilities to perform portfolio construction or analytics independently, including the use of statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Publish white papers, factsheets, client presentations and other collateral to support go-to-market plans.
• Present to the global research team and clients.

What you'll need

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

Nice to have

• MBA/Masters degree is helpful.
• CFA charter or candidature (at least passed Level II) is desirable.

Details

• Based in the Navi Mumbai office.
• Hybrid work model: at least four days each week in the office.
• Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.