MFS Investment Management ยท 8 hours ago
Quantitative Trading Specialist
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$134K/yr - $180K/yr
3+ years expMFS Investment Management is a company that values collaboration and community support. The Quantitative Trading Specialist will assess trade execution quality and work with the investment team to improve trading outcomes through quantitative analysis and model building.
EducationHigher EducationVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Conduct execution research and analysis globally, across asset classes
Proactively and independently develop quantitative analyses and tools to support and enhance the execution of trading ideas
Provide regular and ad hoc reporting/data visualization as output of analysis
Find and action opportunities for automation in analysis production and in the trading process
Collaborate with a variety of participants in the trading cycle, including PMs, traders, brokers, technologists, other trading analysts and third party providers to improve execution outcomes
Consult with PMs and traders on execution quality and efficiencies in the trading process
Improve the availability and quality of internal and external data and analysis
Maintain and manage third party post-trade execution analytic and vendor relationships
Participate in the firm's assessment of Best Execution
Independently discover and evaluate tools and vendors that can enhance the trading process
Additional responsibilities may extend beyond trading cost analysis
Qualification
Required
Master's degree or equivalent in a relevant field such as finance with some experience in software engineering, statistics, or data science
Minimum of three to five years of trading, transaction cost analysis or related experience
Thorough understanding of quantitative financial and statistical concepts
Experience with Python, KDB/Q or other programming languages with a focus on interfacing with high volume data
Experience working with large data sets, structured and unstructured
Experience with data visualization and concepts around display of data
Equity and fixed income quantitative background, market structure knowledge, plus experience with trading processes and/or transaction cost analysis (TCA)
Ability to work independently and proactively generate project ideas
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Some international travel
Benefits
MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company -sponsored 401(k)
Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider
Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually
Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches
Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves
Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account
Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)
Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps
Company
MFS Investment Management
Massachusetts Financial Services Company is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides retirement planning, college It is a sub-organization of Sun Life U.S..
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown1982-01-01Acquired
Leadership Team
Barnaby Weiner
Head of Sustainability and Stewardship
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