JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Nuveen Investments
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Chicago, Illinois, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: 00 -- Default: Any Field
Full Text of JOE Listing:
The Data Analyst is responsible for the analysis and management of holdings, risk, economic, and financial data for use in active portfolio management by the Multi-Asset Class Solutions team at Nuveen Investments.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties are generally representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive:
-Work with business partners on design and implementation of customized allocation, risk management, and performance attribution systems
-Integrate financial and economic data into proprietary databases for use in multi-asset and economic modeling
-Systematically collect and analyze information and data on proprietary and third party active investment strategies
-Analyze risk and return characteristics of liquid and illiquid asset class, country, sector, and currency investments
-Assist senior investors and researchers in modeling of risk exposures and the generation of expected returns
-Evaluate historical performance characteristics of tactical allocation and risk signals
Required Education/Experience:
-Bachelor's degree in Finance, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or other relevant area of study
-1-3 years' experience in the financial services industry
Knowledge/Skills:
-Demonstrated programming experience with VBA, Access, R, Matlab, or equivalent
-Familiarity with investment systems (Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI Barra, Yieldbook, FX Connect) preferred
-Broad knowledge of financial instruments and the investment environment