Junior Quant - Portfolio Analytics

Team Overview

Systematic Portfolio Analytics has been a core function within Man AHL for the past four years and is now expanding its mandate to cover the entirety of Man Systematic — both AHL and Numeric. This is not a new team finding its feet; it is a proven, established function with a strong track record inside AHL, now scaling up to deliver across one of the largest systematic platforms in the world. Our mandate is to deliver quantifiable, transparent, and actionable insights across the entire systematic estate — from individual signals all the way through to fund-level outcomes. We are an integral part of the decision‑making process, helping determine where research effort and risk capital should be allocated, and our work is a fundamental node in the feedback loop between research, portfolio management, and the business. Joining now means joining at a genuinely exciting inflection point: a battle‑tested team, a proven playbook, and a step‑change in scope — with the opportunity to help shape how Portfolio Analytics is built out across Numeric and the combined platform.

What We're Looking For

• Is a genuine self‑starter — comfortable defining their own problems and running with them
• Has extremely high attention to detail — the kind of person who notices the thing nobody else notices
• Is entrepreneurial — sees gaps and fills them, without needing to be asked
• Is constantly curious about the "why" — never satisfied with a surface‑level answer
• Loves solving problems — and gets energy from hard, ambiguous ones
• Is excited by AI and modern tooling, and proactive about integrating it into their workflow

Responsibilities

• Aggressively adopt AI and cutting‑edge tooling to multiply your own output and the team's output
• Work with – and make sense of – vast amounts of data across both AHL and Numeric
• Develop analytics, KPIs and metrics that turn raw data into intelligence
• Carry out research aimed at uncovering non‑obvious insights about our strategies, signals and portfolios
• Write code, build reporting mechanisms, and create tools that PMs and researchers actually use
• Rapidly build a deep understanding of the systematic estate, and leverage that knowledge to generate cross‑functional insights and synergies between AHL and Numeric

Technical Skills

Essential

• Strong analytical & statistical skills — and able to translate them into pragmatic, real‑world solutions
• Comfortable with large datasets and risk management techniques
• Expertise in a high‑level programming language (ideally Python) and its scientific stack (NumPy / SciPy / Pandas or similar)

Advantageous

• Familiarity with modern AI tooling (LLMs, agentic workflows, Claude Code / Codex CLI)
• Exposure in key areas on the sell‑side, e.g. Trading, Risk, QIS, Financial Engineering, Strats / Quants, Portfolio Management, Electronic / Systematic Trading
• Experience analysing or managing complex risk
• Linux, SQL / Oracle, KDB+

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record from a leading university, with a degree containing high mathematical, statistical and computing content (e.g. Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Physics, or Statistics)
• Keen interest in financial markets
• Hands‑on attitude; willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm
• Intellectually robust, with a positive attitude to ambiguity and hard problems
• Self‑organised, able to manage time effectively across multiple competing priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to build close working relationships with quantitative researchers, technologists, traders and senior business people alike
• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views
• Strong sense of integrity

Benefits

Inclusion, Work‑Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group. You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual "Mankind" days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact.