Commonfund · 2 days ago
Analyst, Digital Solutions & Enablement Team
Norwalk, CT
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelCommonfund is seeking a technically skilled recent graduate to join their Digital Solutions & Enablement team, which focuses on executing strategic technology initiatives across investment management businesses. The role involves identifying digital solutions to optimize business operations, supporting machine learning model development, and delivering insights through business intelligence tools.
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Responsibilities
Support the development and testing of machine learning models to address business problems (e.g., forecasting, classification, anomaly detection, NLP)
Assist in building and maintaining data pipelines for model training, feature engineering, and deployment
Research emerging AI/ML tools, platforms, and techniques and summarize findings for the team
Help monitor model performance and flag issues or opportunities for improvement
Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations using BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.) to support business decision making
Analyze data across multiple sources to identify trends, surface insights, and support business cases
Work with databases and data flows to ensure accurate, reliable reporting
Apply a data driven, user centered approach to delivering information that meets business user needs
Participate in discovery sessions to understand pain points, workflows, and requirements
Help translate business challenges into clear problem statements and technical requirements
Research and evaluate technology solutions, contributing to comparative analyses and recommendations
Support communication between business stakeholders and IT to ensure solutions are feasible and aligned
Qualification
Required
BA/BS in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field)
Finance course work a plus but not required
Coursework or project experience with BI and analytics applications (Tableau, Power BI, etc.), programming (Python/R, SQL, etc.), and databases (MS SQL Server, AWS, etc.)
Self motivated team player, comfortable working within a dynamic business environment, juggling multiple responsibilities and pivoting to new challenges/priorities as they arise
Curious and collaborative, with a desire to learn how different teams operate and an eye for identifying common challenges that can be solved through shared solutions
Enjoys problem solving and being 'the glue' between business challenges/opportunities and delivering results
Foundational understanding of databases, data flows, and how data relates across various sources
Strong communicator who can build collaborative relationships across business and IT teams
Proactive and resourceful, comfortable working through ambiguity and crafting solutions with limited guidance
Preferred
Internship or project experience in data science, business intelligence, or analytics
Exposure to machine learning (ML) models or AI implementation through coursework, personal projects, or internships
Interest in or exposure to institutional investment management, asset management, or financial services
Familiarity with data governance, data management, or MDM concepts
Company
Commonfund
Commonfund is a leading asset management firm that empowers educational institutions, foundations, pension funds, family offices, RIAs, and other sophisticated investors to achieve their most important goals.
Founded in 1960
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Mark Anson
CEO, President, and CIO for the Commonfund, Chairman of the Board for COMANCO & CCI
Anthony Ialeggio
Chief Marketing Officer
Recent News
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