Job Purpose:
- Are you interested in the area of indexing and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)?
- Do you follow the latest trends and developments in the sustainability & ESG space?
- When facing business challenges, do you act solution-oriented and reliable?
- Are you eager to translate investment ideas into new products and services?
- If that sounds familiar, you will very likely fit into our team!
Your Responsibilities:
- Developing innovative ESG equity indices
- Communicating and cooperating with our reputable, global client base and ESG rating agencies throughout the process
- Preparing historical performance-measurements (back-testing) for new investment strategies
- Drafting index guidelines and supporting documents/analysis
- Setting up indices for the calculation and publication via data vendors
- Coordinating internal processes with our operations, sales and marketing teams for a successful launch.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Academic degree in Economics, (quantitative) Finance, Business Engineering or comparable programs
- Ideally first practical experience in the index business or a comparable field (e.g. Portfolio or Asset Management)
- Affinity for capital markets
- High command of Microsoft Excel is essential
- Further proven programming skills (VBA, Python, MATLAB, R, etc.) are beneficial
- Awareness about current ESG trends and regulation
- Experience with data vendor terminals (e.g. FactSet, Reuters or Bloomberg) and ESG rating agencies is a plus
- Highly motivated to work independently, complete tasks timely and accurately
- Service-oriented mindset
- Self-confidence and team-spirit
- Intercultural competence and excellent communication skills.
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