Financial Data Scientist
Financial Data Scientist
Amherst is revolutionizing the way U.S. real estate is priced, managed and financed in order to unlock opportunities for all market participants. Driven by data, analytics, and technology, Amherst has a 20-year history of anticipating where the next risks and opportunities are likely to emerge and designing actionable strategies for investors to capitalize on opportunities across residential real estate, commercial real estate and public securities. Amherst, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, has more than 900 employees, $5 billion under management and approximately $15 billion under advisement and oversight. www.amherst.com.
Responsibilities:
Support modeling analytics team through research and production support
Maintain and enhance analytic applications and data structures used for modeling and forecasting
Create and document technical and user processes
- Support modeling analytics team through project initiatives, research, and business objectives
- Liaison between the business units, technology teams, and support teams to ensure clear communications among stakeholders
- Develops documentation, reports, and project plans and prepares and may present briefings and staff seminars.
- Build relationships with development teams, leads, clients, and users
- Demonstrate strong intellectual curiosity and is constantly looking to learn new skills
- Work with business partners to help identify, analyze and resolve any issues
- Be a change agent, ensuring users embrace new and innovative technology
Requirements:
MS or Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field; Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operational Research, etc.
Strong quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills and experience working with large datasets
Knowledge and understanding of econometric and statistical techniques
Must be an intellectually curious self-starter and motivated to continually learn, interested in real estate finance
Proactive, hardworking team player with strong communication skills and business intuitions
Pluses:
Knowledge in fixed income, real estate or risk analytics
Hands-on experience with SQL & Python
Experience with BI tools such as Tableau
Our full-time employee benefits include:
- A competitive compensation package, annual bonus, 401k match
- Flexible PTO including 7 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 1 volunteer day
- Employer-paid benefits (medical, dental, vision, health savings account)
- Professional career development and reimbursement
- Up to 16 weeks paid maternity leave; up to 4 weeks of paid parental leave
- Backup childcare offered through Bright Horizons
- Relaxed casual environment with virtual office events
Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.