Fulltime Quantitative Researcher Jobs in Minnesota

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Who we are

At Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, we are experts at what we do in protecting what makes businesses unique. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage that’s aligned to our targeted customer groups.

Intact’s Global Specialty Lines business spans across more than 20 verticals in four distinct markets: U.S., Canada, UK and Europe. The following opportunity is for our U.S. team.

The opportunity

We currently have an opportunity for a Quantitative Investment Analyst to join our Intact Investment Management team based in our Plymouth, MN office on a hybrid schedule. The Quantitative Investment Analyst will support the investment team at IIM-US. This position combines investment expertise, data science, and modern AI techniques to manage the IIM-US data warehouse and support the investment team in achieving investment excellence. Some of the Quantitative Investment Analyst responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Source, clean and validate large datasets including market data, fundamental security level data, macroeconomic data, and alternative data sources. Work to identify biases in the data and build robust research datasets and automated pipelines.
• Quantitative Research & Modeling: research, develop and test quantitative investment signals across rates, credit, sector allocation using statistical and machine learning techniques. Conduct rigorous back tests evaluating risk-adjusted returns, draw-down analysis, correlations and total returns.
• Portfolio and Risk Support: Development of data sets, models and tools to support portfolio construction by analyzing downside risks, scenario testing, stress testing, time-series and tracking error.
• Implementation and Production: Development of production-ready tools and workflows. Monitor performance, making changes/updates and evaluating performance versus expectations. Improve automation, reliability, scalability of quantitative analytics and reporting. Deploy models into scalable production environments leveraging automated workflows.
• Collaboration and Communication: Communicate quantitative insights clearly to portfolio managers, investment leadership and Intact investment leadership.
• Establish best practices for data infrastructure, quantitative tools and process and machine learning.
• Model Governance: Establish and maintain best practices for model validation, documentation, and reproducibility.

The expertise you bring

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 
• 1-3 years of experience in a quantitative investing, research, or financial data science role.
• Experience in writing code, including, Python (required), C# and SQL (preferred); experience with time-series analysis, statistics and fixed income mathematical concepts.  

Our salary ranges are determined by many factors including location, role, experience and skillset of the candidate. The following ranges displayed reflect the target base salary for new hires; however, your recruiter will provide more specific compensation details during the hiring process. The typical base salary range for this position is: $86,000 - $100,000 based on the factors aforementioned. addition to base salary, full time Intact employees are also eligible for bonus potential and a full range of benefits to include but not limited to:

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance with no waiting period
• Competitive paid time off programs
• 401(k) savings and annual contributions of up to 12% of annual salary
• Mental health support programs, life and disability insurance, paid parental leave and a variety of additional voluntary benefits

This position will remain posted until a final candidate is selected. Once the role is filled, this job posting will be removed.    

Why choose Intact

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Our promise to you

Our Values are foundational to our success at Intact. You’ll make a difference every day when you live our Values, do your best work, are open to change, and invest in yourself.

In return, we promise you support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards in a flexible work environment where you can:

• Shape the future: Help us lead an insurance transformation to better protect people, businesses and society.
• Win as a team: Collaborate with inspiring people to do your best work every day and together, stand up for what is right.
• Grow with us: Refresh and reinvent your skills, learn from our diverse teams, lift others up, and grow.

About Intact 

At Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions we are experts at what we do. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage that’s aligned to our targeted customer groups. Today, we help protect over a dozen industries with tailored coverages and services.

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