State Street - Quant Analyst - ESG Investments Research

State Street - Quant Analyst - ESG Investments Research

- State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the asset management business of State Street Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors with over $3.9 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.

- The ESG Research and Development team is tasked with building quantitative ESG scoring models, constructing and maintaining the SSGA ESG data architecture and infrastructure, collaborating with the various investment teams to create innovative sustainable strategies, writing industry-leading thought leadership in the ESG space, and working alongside distribution, sales, strategy and client reporting to provide clients and regulators with the required reports and analytics.

Responsibilities :

- Help drive State Street Global Advisors' ESG data efforts, with particular focus on climate investing and integration

- Perform data due diligence and work with external data vendors to source, onboard and manage the required data, information and analytical and reporting tools to comply with ESG regulations and mandated frameworks

- Onboard and maintain ESG data, create and manage views and tables on State Street Global Advisors' centralized ESG data repository/database, and disseminate/distribute output information to investment teams and other internal users and stakeholders

- Perform analysis, work with vendors and provide detailed and robust answers to clients' questions on ESG data behind regulatory reports

- Assist senior team members in their day to day research and writing white papers

- The role can expand over the time to incorporate broader responsibilities in the ESG R&D, operations, and strategy teams

Requirements :

- Degree in Computer Science, Finance, or Environmental Engineering.

- 2+ years of experience as a data analyst or quantitative researcher

- Strong quantitative skills, Proficient in Python, SQL, databases, and data analytics

- Familiarity with fixed income vehicles and strategies

- Experience with Factset, Axioma, and other financial software preferred

- Strong communication and writing skills

- Ability to summarize complex requirements and information and distill that into digestible, key points

- Positive attitude, strong work ethic, ability to execute independently and also maintain strong team orientation

- Interest in environmental, social and governance issues