Macro Strategies - Product Specialist Analyst

About AQR Capital Management

AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.

At AQR, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We're determined to know what makes financial markets tick - and we'll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.

The Macro Strategies team is responsible for the research and portfolio management of AQR's entire range of strategies which focus on macro asset classes. These strategies include Managed Futures, Alternative Trends, Global Macro, Risk Parity, Commodities and Multi-Strategy portfolios, among several others.

Product specialist teams play a key role bridging AQR's portfolio management and research process to other functional areas, particularly business development. They are an integral part of initiatives to create, market and manage specific AQR products. Product specialist teams are integral to processes related to new product research and development, creating content for new and customized internal and external presentations, new account onboarding, portfolio implementation monitoring, performance analysis, and interactions with existing clients and prospects.

Product specialists serve as portfolio management team representatives in interactions with the rest of the firm including portfolio implementation, trading, business development, legal, compliance, risk, operations and marketing teams. Through this collaboration, product specialist teams have in-depth knowledge of the strategies they cover and are expected to be in-house experts of their respective products.

We are seeking an exceptionally talented individual to join AQR's macro strategies product specialist team. This role will give end-to-end exposure to the portfolio management process and continued evolution of AQR's macro strategies and will include opportunities to work with senior investment professionals across the firm.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepare client-ready written responses to investment questions spanning a variety of topics: e.g., investment philosophy, investment process, performance, performance drivers, portfolio characteristics, etc.
• Create and help improve presentations, review materials and collateral for pitching new business
• Help organize and run analyses for RFPs

• Analyze portfolio performance using existing tools, and contribute to the development of new monitoring tools
• Conduct custom portfolio analysis to address questions from clients or senior investment professionals
• Present portfolio analysis results to product and portfolio teams

• Help analyze business metrics and evaluate strategic priorities
• Help produce internal presentations

• Analyze how and why specific components of the portfolio (markets, signals, themes) contributed to overall performance
• Potential opportunity to contribute to presentations and white papers on a broad spectrum of topics (e.g. specific products, quant concepts, market environment )

• Bachelor's degree in a business or quantitative discipline
• 0-3 years of relevant investment management experience
• Superior analytical ability with a deep understanding of investment; experience with quantitative strategies preferred
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and basic programming skills (Python and SQL) required
• Ability to communicate and position complex strategies effectively to a broad range of investors both verbally and in writing
• Entrepreneurial spirit with a demonstrated work ethic, competitiveness and tenacity required to achieve…