Quantitative & Risk Analytics – ESG Analytics, Senior Associate

The Quantitative & Risk Analytics (QRA) team at Barings is seeking a Senior Associate to support ESG analysis for Barings public and private portfolios. This individual will partner closely with portfolio managers, product managers and sales teams to provide regular and ad-hoc ESG analytics and reporting. In additional the analyst will contribute towards the design and maintenance of quantitative ESG overlays supporting mandates with specific ESG integration requirements.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in an ESG data vendor or a quantitative ESG role in an asset manager. Comfort with manipulating large data sets and experience of Python, SQL, Excel, PowerBI or similar are required. Additionally the analyst will have knowledge of regulatory ESG frameworks such as TCFD, SFDR, TNFD etc.

Some knowledge of fixed income investment markets is also desirable together with being comfortable with liaising with stakeholders at varying levels of seniority in the firm. The ideal candidate will also have an interest in sustainable investments and desire to apply that in financial markets.