Senior Investment Analyst

Location: Chicago, United States; hybrid work with four days in the office each week in most locations. Unrestricted U.S. work authorization is required.

Base salary: $116,979–$125,271 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides investment research, data, and investment management services.

What you will do

• Develop expected return models using financial theory, long-run cash flow models, present value relationships, and asset pricing frameworks.
• Research equity expected returns, risk premiums, fundamental equity indices, and aggregate investment data using hirify.global data.
• Build advanced econometric models covering unit roots, structural breaks, regime switching, trend and cycle decomposition, and latent variables.
• Conduct time-series, cross-sectional, and panel back tests across public and non-observable-return asset classes.
• Model macroeconomic shocks, fixed income and term structures, foreign exchange, purchasing power parity, and cross-asset interactions.
• Create portfolio variance, asset-class, and security-level risk estimates and decompositions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related analytical field, or equivalent education, training, and experience.
• At least three years of relevant investment experience.
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) credential.
• Expertise in financial theory, expected returns, asset allocation, asset pricing, econometrics, and empirical investment applications.
• Experience with Python, R, Matlab, hirify.global Direct, the hirify.global Direct API in Python, Pitchbook, and relevant Office 365 tools.
• Experience with state-space models, Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, fundamental ratios and indices, eigenvalue-based risk decomposition, and modeling competitive advantages.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with regular in-person collaboration and tools for working with global colleagues.
• 100% 401(k) match up to 6% of salary and potential stock ownership.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with potential premium discounts and HSA contributions.
• Trust-based time off, a six-week paid sabbatical, family caregiving leave, and paid parental leave.
• Education and well-being support through a $1,000 annual flex stipend, tuition reimbursement, coaching, and mentorship.
• Life, disability, adoption assistance, charitable matching, volunteering programs, and employee resource groups.