State Street - Quant Analyst - Fixed Income ESG

State Street - Quant Analyst, Fixed Income ESG

- State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the asset management business of State Street Corporation, one of the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors with over $4 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 all of the various investment teams across multiple asset classes 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 :

- Create quantitative sustainable investing models, with particular focus on fixed income asset classes such as corporate bonds, sovereign, and securitized

- Become the key point of contact for ESG data and research expertise in the fixed income space

- Help drive State Street Global Advisors' ESG data efforts, with particular focus on asset classes-specific and thematic datasets such as climate solutions for various fixed income vehicles

- Work alongside the Fixed Income, Cash and Currency research team and portfolio managers to identify ESG inputs and criteria to power and construct strategies and products

- Assist the State Street Global Advisors' ESG regulatory efforts by providing data and analysis to support external and public reporting and disclosure

- Conduct in-depth quantitative analysis and use it to author ESG-related thought pieces and white papers

- Assist senior team members in their day to day responsibilities

Requirements :

- Degree in Computer Science, Finance, or Environmental Engineering. 5+ years of experience as a Quant analyst/Fixed Income Researcher

- Proficient in Python, SQL, databases, and data analytics

- Proficient with fixed income Products 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