Quantitative Esg - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Description

Quantitative ESG / Climate Equity Analyst
A unique and interesting position has arisen within the ESG space for a Quantitative Climate Equity Analyst. This role will be highly appealing to those with an interest in climate change, sustainability and responsible investment.

Our client is a collaboration between an international Exchange and academic research organisation who offer, in the best economic conditions possible, the solutions that are most proven scientifically - with full transparency of both the methods and theassociated risks - for understanding of investment on the climate and sustainability.

With almost $70billion USD in assets under replication, they have a global presence promoting their index offering.

The role:

Quantitative ESG/Climate Equity Analyst based in London - Full-time.

Responsibilities:

You will be involved in the following missions:

Improvement of the design of the ESG/Climate index offering and in particular of the Climate Impact Consistent indices.
Redaction of white papers, presentations, internal documents associated to the ESG/Climate offering such as factsheets, strategy rules and marketing documents.
Monitoring of competitors' ESG/Climate offering.
Acting as a link between the Index Department and the rest of the company such as Client Services or Investment Specialists on the ESG/Climate offering.
Development of existing and new ESG/Climate analytics as well as their documentation.
R&D on new ESG/Climate offering.

Key requirements

Master or PhD degree in finance, statistics or physics in a leading academic institution.
Knowledge in climate science such as carbon emissions modelling or estimation of climate transition or climate physical risks.
Advanced programming skills in Matlab is mandatory.
Experience within a data provider, index provider or asset management firm.

Required qualifications, skills and experience

Master or PhD degree from a leading institution and an experience obtained within an index provider, asset manager or data provider in the Climate/ESG field
You will have advanced knowledge in the estimation of climate transition and/or climate physical risks as well as carbon emissions modelling.
Additional knowledge in portfolio construction would be an asset.
Independent, openminded and resourceful, you will have advanced knowledge of statistical or econometrical methods as well as advanced programming aptitude in Matlab.
This role will require the skills to write and deliver top quality documents, such as presentations or white papers under short notice.
Excellent written and spoken English is mandatory.