About the Role
Quest Partners is seeking a Technical Middle Office Analyst to support the Operations, Finance, and Accounting Group.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical support for all middle and back office functions
- Automate existing processes that are currently time consuming, manual, and prone to error
- Create SQL scripts to query routine and ad hoc data requests
- Monitoring third-party platforms for trade and position management
- Perform all back-office functions (which will be taught) including:
- Reconciliations
- Rolling FX positions
- Fee and Commission Checking
- Broker and Service Provider relationship management
- Help deliver timely position data accuracy, P&L and NAV
Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related degree.
- Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases.
- Advanced Excel skills – vlookups, pivots, understanding VBA scripts – and a data-driven approach.
- Passion for the financial markets and working with large amounts of data.
- Capable of setting priorities and carrying multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail and the ability to adapt.
- Eager to work within a team of people who challenge you and make you better at what you do.
- Strong sense of accountability and ownership, with a demonstrable track record of delivering results.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written, with an aptitude towards client service.
- Desired Skills
- Experience with Python scripting
- Experience writing Excel macros with VBA
- Experience in Operations; buy-side experience at a hedge fund with direct exposure to traders/PMs preferred.
- Experience with liquid markets – futures preferred
- High volume trading experience
The base range for this role is expected to be between $85,000 and $110,000. This does not include other aspects of compensation such as discretionary bonus and a competitive comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to a candidate will vary within the range above depending on factors such as qualifications, education, and skill level.
About the Firm
Quest is a quantitative investment advisor based in New York with over thirty-five professionals and approximately $2.4 billion in assets under management as of March 11th, 2024. Quest was founded by Nigol Koulajian in March 2001 to pursue the development of specialized quantitative investment strategies with a focus on convexity. Quest’s strategies seek to generate attractive absolute returns with significant positive skew while maintaining strong hedging characteristics particularly during tail events that may cause surprise losses in hedge fund and equity portfolios. The firm currently manages assets for some of the world’s leading pension plans, family offices, fund-of-funds, foundations, and other institutional investors.
