ESG Research Director - Applied Investment Quant
Arabesque, United States
Job Description
About Arabesque S-Ray
Arabesque is a global investment management and technology firm that brings a new dimension to investing, using machine learning techniques, quantitative models, and big data to assess the performance and sustainability of globally listed companies and to construct investment portfolios. Arabesque offers investment solutions to clients and provides third parties with its sustainability analysis, originating from our proprietary technology, Arabesque S-Ray . Arabesque S-Ray is a technology firm that combines sustainability data, big data and machine learning to provide data products and research to empower investors, corporates and other stakeholders to make more sustainable decisions.
Our story is one of a partnership between leaders in finance, science, and sustainability to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future. It is our mission to make sustainable and responsible investing economically attractive and available to all, and to empower people through data. We firmly believe that finance can be a catalyst of change.
With headquarters in London and offices in Frankfurt, Singapore, San Francisco, and Boston, the firm is in a period of rapid international growth in 2020.
The ESG Research Team
We are responsible for designing, building, and managing Arabesque S-Ray’s data products and research models. We are looking for technically competent, sustainability experts who like to work in a collaborative environment to innovate, advance, and contribute to the development of the S-Ray technology. You will be part of the 75+ global ESG Research amp; Product Team and work on a wide variety of projects with a focus on building out investment solutionsprimarily beta and smart beta solutions. For example, you will be involved in the integration of new scoring systems into back testing, aligning scoring products best in class index designs, systematically show integration techniques result in different risk-return profiles, and ensuring new products and investment solutions are well-understood by our global clients.
Arabesque strongly believes that a research team made up of diverse ethnic, religious, social, educational, gender and sexual orientation backgrounds best contributes to the mission and growth strategy of the business going forward. We, therefore, strongly encourage applicants from every background to apply and join our exceptional team.
Requirements
Your Role amp; Accountabilities
We are looking to hire a new ESG Quant Research Associate with experience and/or expertise in integrating ESG and climate data into investment solutions (public equity and/or fixed income) to join our team and contribute to Arabesque’s global growth. You will be responsible and accountable for contributing to growing Arabesque S-Ray’s data products, research models, and investment solutions with a sustainability focus.
You Are Expected To
- learn how global markets and investors are integrating ESG into investment strategies
- become an expert in ESG integration of data into investment strategies
- contribute to applying knowledge and expertise to new strategy development
- participate in industry conferences and act as an Arabesque ambassador
- liaise with product development to incorporate client feedback and market demand
- liaise with Global Head of Sustainable Investing amp; ESG Research on feedback and design
- contribute to thought leadership on portfolio-level integration of ESG and climate data
- contribute to marketing material designed to share insights and build product demand
- engage with existing clients on occasion to test ideas and new model designs
We Are Keen To Hire Professionals Who
- have 5+ years’ experience in asset management research, asset owner or investment consultant research, think tank focused on sustainability, or academic research institutes
- are familiar with ESG and climate data, investment model design, and investment product creation
- understand the reasoning behind integrating sustainability information in the capital allocation process for institutional investors
- possess an excellent command of the English languagespeaking and writingand has a desire to share knowledge and expertise through white papers and articles
You Would Fit In Well If You
- are motivated and passionate about solving market problems and building innovative solutions
- are not afraid of new empirical challenges and learning a new area of expertise
- enjoy hands-on work with ESG data, programming, and sustainable finance
- are enthusiastic about identifying innovative ESG investment solutions
- are performance oriented
- prioritize and allocate your time efficiently
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