Junior Quantitative Analyst - Hedge Fund

Junior Quantitative Analyst – Hedge Fund

A leading hedge fund platform is hiring a Junior Quantitative Analyst to support its central risk and analytics function. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically skilled early-career professional to gain exposure to portfolio analytics, risk modelling and investment data across a range of hedge fund strategies.

You’ll join a small, collaborative team responsible for assessing and supporting the platform’s portfolio managers helping to analyse performance, manage risk, and enhance investment outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with performance and risk analysis across equity, credit, and macro strategies
• Clean, structure and analyse large financial datasets
• Support the delivery of regular reporting using Python, SQL and Power BI
• Contribute to model development including factor analysis and attribution
• Work closely with senior analysts, technologists and PMs on analytics projects
• Help refine and improve tools used for portfolio monitoring and strategy evaluation

Candidate Profile:

• Strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (e.g. maths, finance, engineering, computer science)
• Hands-on experience with Python (especially Pandas, NumPy) and SQL
• A solid understanding of, or interest in, financial markets and investment strategies
• Exposure to performance or risk analysis through internships, projects or coursework is a plus
• Detail-oriented, motivated to learn, and comfortable working with data
• Familiarity with tools like Power BI is helpful; interest in AI/NLP a bonus