Quantitative Analyst (Equity Analytics)

Location: Chicago office; hybrid work with four days in-office each week.

Total annual cash compensation: $92,300.00–$135,383.33, inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive.

Company

hirify.global's Analytics group develops data, methodologies, analytics, and insights that help investors make decisions across equities, fixed income, managed investments, and private and alternative assets.

What you will do

• Run research tasks from data extraction and quality assessment through approach design, testing, refinement, and final analysis.
• Build analytics covering valuation, business analysis, business classification, company narratives, and portfolio-level equity data aggregation.
• Use holdings, equity data, and company filings to produce actionable investor insights about stock exposure within funds and portfolios.
• Support model validation through pre-launch methodology checks and investigation and resolution of production issues.
• Maintain clear, documented code and analysis; contribute to peer reviews and collaborate with senior analysts and the manager on judgment calls and priorities.
• Identify edge cases, data issues, and methodology questions, and stay current with team tools and AI-assisted research and validation approaches.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in quantitative research, equity analysis, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in equity fundamentals, including financial statement analysis, valuation, and business drivers, combined with a quantitative mindset.
• Strong Python and SQL skills and the ability to work independently with large, varied datasets.
• A rigorous and skeptical research approach, including testing assumptions, questioning initial results, and validating findings across the full research lifecycle.
• Comfort working with data gaps, inconsistencies, and edge cases even when task goals are well defined.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain analysis and reasoning to senior colleagues.
• Familiarity with AI tools used for research, coding, or validation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with regular in-person collaboration and tools for working with global colleagues.
• 401(k) match up to 6% of salary, potential stock ownership, and company-provided life insurance.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, potential premium discounts, HSA contributions, wellness incentives, and disability insurance.
• Trust-based time off, a six-week paid sabbatical, paid family caregiving leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and paid volunteering days.
• Leadership coaching, formal mentorship, tuition reimbursement, and an annual $1,000 flex stipend for personal education and well-being expenses.
• Charitable matching gifts and access to more than 15 employee resource and affinity groups.