eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Jacobs Levy Equity Management

• Location

  USA-NJ-Morristown

• Compensation

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  25 Nov 2008

• eFC Ref no

  475379

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 will be responsible for implementing investment policies across a variety of strategies and client portfolios, analyzing financial data inputs to our security selection models, analyzing investment decisions and processes under the supervision of portfolio managers, and processing data and database management to support investment research and portfolio management. The successful candidate should be familiar with portfolio theory, risk management and optimization, and have strong analytic, quantitative, and database skills. Excellent communication, organization and computer skills are essential. This position requires a Master’s degree in Finance, Financial Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline. CFA charter holder and experience in electronic trading is a plus.