Quantitative Research Analyst Intern

<p>We're seeking exceptionally motivated students with a strong interest in the financial markets to contribute to our empirical research process. The range of research ideas to investigate is open-ended and will depend on a candidate's background and strengths.</p> <p> </p> <p>Opportunities, including full-time summer internships and part-time work throughout the school year, are available for qualified students at each of the undergraduate, masters and PhD levels.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Primary Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Read and analyze academic research or other source material pertaining to anomalies in the global financial markets.</li> <li>Build data sets and conduct statistical analysis on the data.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Substantial progress toward a degree (graduate level preferred) in a quantitative discipline (e.g. statistics, econometrics, mathematics, engineering, physics or computer science) or finance (with extensive coursework in quantitative disciplines). </li> <li>Programming experience, ideally including R, C++ and/or Python.</li> <li>Experience with regression analysis.</li> <li>Strong interest in learning how to build, organize and analyze large data sets.</li> <li>Strong organizational and communication skills.</li> </ul> <p> </p>