FICC Research- Assistant Manager

State Street Global Advisors is the asset management business of State Street Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors with over $2.8 trillion in assets under management and a heritage dating back over two centuries. Backed by the strength and stability of the State Street organization, SSGA makes continual investments in asset management and client servicing platforms, resulting in a client-focused, solutions-driven orientation. State Street GA’s Investment Solutions Group (ISG) is a team of 80+ investment professionals running multi-asset class portfolios for some of the world’s largest, most sophisticated investors. We skillfully manage strategies across global, tactical and strategic benchmarks, bringing a deep understanding of the myriad risk and return drivers behind each asset class to every investment decision we make.
Responsibilities
Active involvement in developing models for medium term alpha-generation for Fixed Income and Equity markets.
Build an appropriate new code base for implementing the fixed income total return strategies. The platform should be able to handle strategies constantly expanding in sophistication & breadth.
Create end to end infrastructure for data gathering, data cleaning, signal generation & portfolio implementation for the strategies.
Participate in series of associated projects focused on advanced volatility forecasting techniques
Over the time, role may expand to cover other multi-asset investments models research
Qualifications
Bachelor's/Master's Degree in finance, econometrics, science/engineering or another highly quantitative subject
Strong quantitative background, ideally in econometrics or stochastic calculus
Minimum of 3 years of quantitative development in the financial industry using R
Experience in quantitative financial research and analysis; familiarity with Factset, Bloomberg and other similar providers
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills