Rayliant Global Advisors is a leader in quantitative equity investing in Asia. We offer global equity strategies within Asia, as well as Greater China equity strategies to the global institutional marketplace. Rayliant is now going through significant growth creating the demand to appoint Quant Researcher(s) to join our Asia team. Reporting to Managing Director of Investment Research, the researcher(s) will be responsible to support research, portfolio management and analytics for Greater China market.
►Job Description：Quant Researcher
1) Review academic and practitioner research related to equity/commodity/multi-asset factors, as well as replicating key results
2) Collect, clean, analyze and maintain large datasets for data analysis and backtesting
3) Develop, backtest and optimize trading strategies in equity/commodities/multi-asset areas
4) Assist PM in building automated tools to monitor risks and performance on both market and portfolio level
5) Ad-hoc tasks given by PMs and client facing team
►To be successful you should possess these attributes:
1) Degree qualifications in Finance, Economics, or Financial Engineering Discipline
2) 1 - 3 years of experience in Quant Research in Greater China market
3) Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, fluent in Mandarin and English
4) Experience in handling pressure, prioritization and time management skills, and meeting time sensitive deadlines
5) Work well in a team, dependable, able to deliver results and think strategically
6) Strong intuition in financial markets, experience with multiple liquid asset classes (equity, fixed income, commodities, FX and options on each of these) is a plus
7) Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
8) Strong programming skills in languages such as R, Python, C++, Matlab, VBA, and SQL, etc.
9) Experience in Datastream, Bloomberg, Wind, CSMAR, IBES database is a plus
10) Highly motivated fresh graduates are also welcomed
Candidates should recognize that Rayliant is a new company and operates with a “start-up” culture. As a result, all employees may sometimes be asked to perform tasks and duties that are outside their regular job. Candidates should embrace an environment where team-members may be asked to contribute in unexpected ways.
►An ideal candidate will:
1) Thrive in a fast paced, high-energy environment
2) Execute multiple responsibilities simultaneously, with the ability to react to changing priorities
3) Exhibit a passion for technology, the drive for improvement, and a willingness to try new things
4) Exhibit extreme flexibility; a preference for the “start-up” business culture
5) Exhibit the ability to work well in a team environment that values strong work ethic, professionalism, competency, superb attention to
detail, and reliability
6) Have a high level of responsiveness and an engaged communication style
7) Have a commitment to high levels of quality, customer service, and client satisfaction
8) Be an innovative thinker with a track record for translating strategy into action and output
►Interested candidate please send your resume with your expected salary to Jocelyn：jocelyn.wong@rayliant.com
