Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (BAM) is a global institutional investment firm. We strive to deliver consistent, uncorrelated, absolute returns in all market environments by fostering a culture of research, innovation, and collaboration.
BAM exists at the intersection of finance and technology, combining the deep industry knowledge of leading portfolio managers and financial analysts with software engineers and quantitative researchers. We leverage the collective expertise of our teams to seek out new investment opportunities, analyze market conditions, minimize risk, and provide superior service to our investment partners.
With 1,900+ people in 15 offices around the world, we embrace a culture that welcomes the free flow of ideas, promotes career development, and supports the health and well-being of our people through world-class benefits.
OVERVIEW
Balyasny Asset Management is looking for an exceptional data analyst Summer Associate to join the BAM London Office for Summer 2024. The candidate will take ownership of critical datasets used by portfolio managers and the rest of the investment staff. This includes relationship management across the entire data pipeline from working with the vendor to delivering clean data in an easily digestible format to the end user. If you have a passion for collaborative problem solving and love building elegant software solutions, you will excel in this role.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Collaborate with investment staff to brainstorm creative uses for data in the investment process
Brainstorm and design ways to improve proprietary data evaluation processes
Design the interface to connect various financial and alternative data sources (Web, Vendor databases, and unstructured survey data) by collaborating with end users and data engineers
Monitor automated data ingestion pipelines for quality control
Analyze data using standard statistical tools and techniques
Pinpoint trends, correlations, and patterns in complicated datasets to provide custom solutions to management
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research
Strong Programming Skills; Python and Pandas experience necessary
Experience cleaning data sets
Experience mining data sets in group/ team settings
Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global, multi-manager multi-strategy investment firm founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O’Malley. What began as a single, small office in Chicago trading mostly long/ short equity has grown into an institutional global platform with investment strategies spanning across Equities Long/Short, Macro, Equities Arbitrage, Credit, Commodities, Systematic and Growth Equity.
Today, we have 15 global offices with over 1,700 team members, 161 investment teams, and 21 partners managing more than $20 billion in AUM. We have built an award-winning collaborative culture dedicated to leveraging the collective knowledge and experience of our team members across industries, asset classes, regions, and markets to uncover profitable investment opportunities that deliver value to our clients.
At BAM, we are our talent. We are a growing firm that offers a multitude of professional opportunities. Through BAM’s selective hiring process, we target the best and brightest in the business, and strive to create an environment which attracts and retains top talent. Maintaining a culture where people are energized to come to work is paramount to our success. Our team is motivated to perform each and every day.
As a result, BAM has built a reputation as a firm that provides the tools necessary for talented individuals to achieve their goals and reach their highest potential.
