eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Jacobs Levy Equity Management

• Location

  USA-NJ-Morristown

• Compensation

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  24 Nov 2008

• eFC Ref no

  251781

Jacobs Levy Equity Management is recognized worldwide as a preeminent quantitative investment firm, managing U.S. equity portfolios for a select and sophisticated institutional clientele.

The firm’s prestigious global roster of about 50 corporate pension plans, public retirement systems, and endowments/foundations, includes over 25 of Pensions & Investments’ “Top 200 Pension Funds/Sponsors.” The firm is located in a corporate campus setting in Florham Park, New Jersey.

This position requires :
 

• a PhD in econometrics, finance, or related quantitative discipline, and entails heavy empirical research into U.S. equity market inefficiencies.
• Must be familiar with financial statement analysis, pricing and expectational data, have knowledge of financial and statistical literature, and experience with multiple statistical packages and techniques.
  
  Responsibilities include:
  
   
• Conducting exploratory data analysis, testing various statistical approaches, developing and enhancing models, and reviewing financial literature.
• Ideal candidate would be self-motivated with minimum 3 years of empirical equity research experience.
  
  For immediate and confidential consideration, please email to careers@jlem.com. Please indicate the position for which you are applying. For more information on careers at Jacobs Levy Equity Management, please visit http://www.jacobslevy.com/careers. EOE. EOE