Associate - Institutional Strategy & Analytics, Quant

1w1 week ago

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

London, GB · Full-time · £90,000 – £130,000

About this role

Join a front office team at JPMorgan Chase and help shape the future of institutional investment management. As an Institutional Strategy and Analytics Associate, you will collaborate with professionals across asset allocation, optimization, and actuarial science to deliver innovative solutions for insurance companies, pension funds, and other institutional investors.

In this role, you will support the development and enhancement of investment management solutions for institutional clients. Your day-to-day work includes optimization analysis, application development, financial data analysis, and stochastic modeling, with a primary focus on UK-based clients and potential international components.

You will collaborate closely with investment teams and the institutional salesforce, gaining broad exposure across asset classes and client types. The team values analytical mindset, technical expertise, and a commitment to excellence in a dynamic, inclusive environment.

This is an opportunity to grow your career, apply your programming skills, and make a meaningful impact. You will develop intellectual capital by producing high-quality research and analysis in response to industry developments, while working on cutting-edge modeling platforms and analytical capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical discipline (e.g., actuarial science, computer science, mathematics, physics, operations research, statistics, engineering) or equivalent experience.
Excellent programming skills, with experience in Python and agentic AI tools for programming and data applications.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate complex concepts clearly.
Experience with object-oriented programming and sound software engineering practices.
Ability to apply investment management concepts such as efficient frontiers, capital constraints, risk attribution, and factor investing.
Familiarity with asset classes (e.g., corporate bonds, CLOs, private equity) and their risk and return characteristics.
Coursework or experience in linear and non-linear optimization, advanced statistical methods, econometrics, and stochastic processes.

Responsibilities

Enhance existing modeling platforms by adapting models to improve scalability, flexibility, and efficiency.
Develop new analytical capabilities, including models for constrained asset allocation, tactical portfolio optimization, and sales insights.
Complete client advisory assignments, including analysis, presentation of results, and incorporation of revisions or extensions.
Develop intellectual capital by producing high-quality research and analysis in response to industry developments.
Collaborate with investment teams and institutional salesforce to deliver tailored solutions for clients.
Support application development for internal and external clients, focusing on asset allocation, capital management, and risk management.

Benefits

Opportunity to work in a front office team at a global leader in financial services.
Broad exposure across asset classes and client types.
Dynamic, inclusive environment that values diversity and inclusion.
Collaboration with professionals across asset allocation, optimization, and actuarial science.