Posted 6 months ago
Quantitative Equity Market Implementation Research
@ CCLIM - Quantitative Equity
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
CCLIM is hiring a Quantitative Research Analyst for its Quantitative Equity Team in Vancouver, embedded in a fund managing over $78 billion USD. The role researches and improves systematic strategies for optimal trade execution, market impact minimization, financing and market access. The annual base salary range is $180,000 to $350,000, with a year-end bonus, RRSP matching and health benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research to enhance systematic market implementation strategies
- Monitor execution outcomes and analyze performance
- Improve research tools and workflow processes
- Collaborate with portfolio managers and traders
Requirements summary:
- Undergraduate degree in mathematics, applied statistics, physics, operations research or engineering
- Experience in quantitative research, equity trading or portfolio management valued
- Strong communication of technical concepts
- Interest in equity market microstructure and algorithmic trading
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-05-14
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Mathematics, Applied statistics, Physics, Operations research, Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Performance bonus |
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Full company description
We are a privately-owned investment management organization with a unique culture dedicated to its people and delivering outstanding client service and a wide range of attractive investment solutions to a diverse client base. We focus on our culture and the development of our professional resources, recognizing that it’s our people that drives success. We understand the investment challenges faced by individuals, pension plans, corporations, foundations, mutual funds, Indigenous groups and other organizations, and focus our efforts on meeting their investment needs by offering a comprehensive array of investment strategies, spanning traditional and alternative asset classes in a variety of quantitative and fundamental styles. __ Whether you are looking for a specific strategy or need a balanced portfolio, we can help you achieve your investment goals. Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. is part of the Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. (CC&L Financial Group), a multi-boutique investment management company whose affiliates collectively manage over CAD$139 billion in assets under management. Our affiliation with the CC&L Financial Group allows us to focus on what we do best: the development of our people and culture in order to deliver innovative investment solutions to our clients.
- LinkedIn followers
- 7,408
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 158
- Reported office locations
- 1111 West Georgia Street, Suite 2300, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4M3, CA
- 130 King St W, Suite 1400, PO Box 240, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C8, CA
- Other recorded names
- Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
- CCLIM - Quantitative Equity
- Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L)
- Specialties
- pension plan
- foundations
- mutual funds
- traditional equity
- Canadian fixed income
- hedge funds
- long/short equity
- market neutral
- quantitative
- fundamental
- Canadian Equities
- Global Equities
- Emerging Markets Equities
- and Indigenous
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
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We are a privately-owned investment management organization with a unique culture dedicated to its people and delivering outstanding client service and a wide range of attractive investment solutions to a diverse client base. We focus on our culture and the development of our professional resources, recognizing that it’s our people that drives success. We understand the investment challenges faced by individuals…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Investment Management |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1982 |
| Specialties | pension planfoundationsmutual fundstraditional equityCanadian fixed incomehedge fundslong/short equitymarket neutralquantitativefundamental |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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We are looking for a Quantitative Research Analyst to join our fast-paced and entrepreneurial Quantitative Equity Team! We are a high-performance team embedded in a top-performing quantitative equity fund that manages over $78+ billion USD in financial assets. We combine quantitative research with leading-edge technology to develop our unique algorithmic investment strategies. A culture of innovation, growth and success through collaboration and mutual respect has enabled us to deliver top tier performance for over two decades.
This is a role within the Market Implementation group responsible for the optimal execution of portfolios and desired trades, where we work on the advancement of our systematic frameworks for equity trading, order execution, market impact minimization, security financing, usage of equity and derivative instruments, market access, and counterparty partnerships, with the ultimate goal of delivering exceptional investment performance over the long term.
We are based in beautiful Vancouver, Canada; our team embraces the lifestyle and activities that life in Vancouver awards.
What You Will Do
This is an exciting role for an individual who is passionate about quantitative research and wants to apply a disciplined and scientific approach to market implementation. You will work with key decision makers on the team and have a broad range of responsibilities, including:
- Research and development – Conduct projects to enhance the systematic strategies and solutions for market implementation by applying a variety of skills and techniques in data analysis, mathematical modelling, hypothesis testing and experiment design.
- Monitoring and analysis – Monitor market implementation outcomes and conduct in-depth analysis to support performance evaluation, idea generation and decision making to enhance the systematic solutions.
- Research infrastructure – Identify, propose and collaborate on improvements to the research tools and workflow processes underlying the market implementation research and development efforts.
- Cross-team support – Collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, other research analysts and investment process/data analysts to ensure seamless integration of market implementation strategies and solutions.
With growth and development over time supported by the team leaders and peers, you will eventually bring forward ideas and contribute to the long-term strategic improvements to our market implementation capabilities and success.
What You Bring
- Domain expertise – You have either existing knowledge or an interest in gaining a deep understanding of equity market dynamics market microstructure, algorithmic trading, primer brokerage, trading counterparties, or portfolio management.
- Systematic and analytical mindset – Passionate about bringing systematization and a disciplined structure together with investment intuition to help formulate solutions to real-world problems. You have experience with producing rigorous quantitative research and thinking logically, critically and intuitively with a balance of fundamental intuition and empirical validation.
- Creativity and innovation – You have demonstrated an ability to contribute new ideas and challenge the status quo.
- Demonstrated learner – You love to learn new things and will have the ability to develop a sufficient understanding of the Quantitative Equity Team’s systematic investment process.
- Strong communication skills – You excel at communicating complex and technical concepts and proactively solicit and provide feedback in a team environment.
- Academic and work experience – At a minimum, an undergraduate degree in mathematics, applied statistics, physics, operations research, engineering, or a related field. Graduate studies or work experience (in quantitative research, equity trading, or portfolio management) considered valuable but not a requirement.
We welcome applications from candidates with a range of experience, including new graduates and experienced professionals. The annual base salary range is $180,000 – $350,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes a substantial variable year-end bonus, RRSP contribution matching, health benefits, and family-building benefits.
As a private organization owned by active leaders, our structure provides opportunities for exceptional contributors to participate in profit sharing and, over time, potentially become equity owners of the firm.
To apply for this position, please submit your resume, cover letter, and academic transcripts.
Learn more by exploring our website: www.cclimq.com
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We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment and selection process. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact [email protected] if you require accommodation.
AI may be used to support certain stages of our screening & recruitment process. These tools support, but do not replace, human judgment and decision-making.
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