OMI Advisory Analyst London

The purpose of this role within the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) Advisory team is to help solve the key challenges and identify opportunities for sophisticated global asset allocators.

As OMI Advisory Analyst, you will be an expert in the financial markets, with a strong working knowledge of a broad range of investment strategies. Your strong communication skills, backed by a depth of understanding, mean you will be a trusted partner to Man Group's researchers and academics (internal and affiliated). Your expert knowledge of financial models and data processing will allow you to support your senior OMI Advisory colleagues to generate in-depth, bespoke research projects, white papers and primers.

You will combine industry best practice and academic research, drawing on Man's wide range of rich data sources, to solve problems and help find new ways to model financial concepts and problems, working closely within the OMI Advisory and Portfolio Advisory teams.

Your combination of a quantitative skillset coupled with financial experience will set you apart. This role offers the opportunity to further develop the analytical, conceptual and modelling skills needed to solve the most interesting problems in financial markets and portfolio theory today.

Your responsibilities:

• Research, develop and implement quantitative models and back-testing in line with the pipeline and goals of the OMI Advisory team.
• Assist in building out the suite of OMI Advisory research topics and education framework, liaising with researchers, academics, technology teams and investment engines to develop and validate quantitative research models.
• Assist the senior OMI Advisory and Portfolio Advisory team members to generate cutting edge financial research, published in primers, white papers and academic research.
• Contribute to the planning, writing, editing and proof-reading of academic research papers, primers and white papers.
• Manage compliance sign off process for all thought leadership, in accordance with internal procedures.
• Ensure familiarity with strategies and investment management styles employed at Man Group, to understand the risk and performance drivers.
• Follow industry/academic literature for innovations in financial concepts and techniques and suggest how OMI Advisory can support our investment businesses and clients to profit from this.
• Conduct independent quantitative and financial research into new financial techniques and concepts, including to develop ideas and source client-relevant and interesting topics/themes (propose appropriate model diagnostics; feedback observations into research).
• Ensure investment and strategy knowledge is current by attending relevant internal investment team meetings and keeping up to date with industry news.
• Contribute to ad hoc business projects and requirements.

Your Background:

• Strong investment knowledge, with a keen interest in investment products and financial markets.
• Very strong academics - CFA/IMC/Finance qualification preferred, but not essential.
• Excellent financial, numeracy and analytical skills, including quantitative subject experience.
• Knowledge/understanding of the structure and drivers of returns in financial markets. Cross market knowledge including Equities, Rates, Credit, FX, Volatility and Commodities and understanding of the underlying structures and behaviours of the market.
• Python or similar programming experience.
• Able to undertake quantitative/numerical research and data processing and to construct back-test models, including using python.
• Strong research and writing skills preferred.
• Experience of planning, writing, editing research papers is a positive, but not essential.
• Creative approach to problem-solving.
• Highly organised and with the ability to prioritise assignments, based on a broad understanding of the business requirements, to meet project deliverables within tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Creative thinker, self-starter and team player.
• Attention to detail as it pertains to editing and proof reading.
• High levels of discretion.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man

Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry.

Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.

We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact .

Man Group is a global, technology-empowered active investment management firm focused on delivering alpha and portfolio solutions for clients. Headquartered in London, we manage $174.9 billion and operate across multiple offices globally.

We invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes, with a mix of long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis, across liquid and private markets. Our investment teams work within Man Group's single operating platform, enabling them to invest with a high degree of empowerment while benefiting from the collaboration, strength and resources of the entire firm. Our platform is underpinned by advanced technology, supporting our investment teams at every stage of their process, including alpha generation, portfolio management, trade execution and risk management.

Our clients and the millions of retirees and savers they represent are at the heart of everything we do. We form deep and long-lasting relationships and create tailored solutions to help meet their unique needs.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where difference is celebrated and everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive, as well as giving back and contributing positively to our communities. For more information about Man Group's global charitable efforts, and our diversity and inclusion initiatives, please visit: .

Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at .

As at 30 September 2024. All investment management and advisory services are offered through the investment engines of Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man Discretionary, Man FRM, Man Varagon, Man Global Private Markets and Man Solutions.

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