DESIM Technical Strategist Associate (21F95A4)

About the Role

A technically oriented strategist role within a portfolio strategy team that develops active equity and multi-asset investment products for institutional clients. The role combines quantitative research, portfolio design, risk analysis, and client communication, with exposure to how investment products are researched, enhanced, evaluated, and explained.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute quantitative analysis and portfolio design to investment-product development and customisation.
• Research and help implement strategy enhancements focused on portfolio construction, risk modelling, and robustness.
• Analyse portfolios and risk to identify structural weaknesses, concentrations, and opportunities.
• Produce rigorous technical work and explain findings to quantitative and non-quantitative stakeholders.
• Support investor discussions, prepare materials, and answer technical questions on portfolio construction, risk, and performance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Python or similar programming skills.
• Interest in clean, testable code.
• Systematic approach to numerical problems.
• Interest in financial markets.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of numerical and statistical methods is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, scientific, engineering, finance, or economics discipline.