Senior Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative and Risk Analytics job at Franklin Templeton Investments in Lincoln, MA, New York City, NY
Title: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative & Risk Analytics Location: Lincoln, MA New York City United States Full time Job Description: Fiduciary Trust International is a premier investment and wealth management firm with a commitment to growing and protecting wealth across generations. We offer a dynamic and collaborative approach to managing wealth for high-net-worth and ultra high-net-worth individuals and families, family offices, endowments, foundations, and institutions. Our investment managers, tax and estate planning professionals work together to develop holistic strategies to optimize clients' portfolios while mitigating the impact of taxes on their wealth. As a fiduciary, the guidance we provide is in the best interests of our clients, without conflict or competing benefits. We offer boutique customization and deep expertise in specialized investment, tax and planning strategies alongside sophisticated technology and custody platforms. Fiduciary Trust International is owned by Franklin Templeton, a dynamic firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you'll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world. Senior Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative & Risk Analytics Our Quantitative and Risk Analytics group is hiring a Senior Quantitative Analyst to report to the Investment Director of Quantitative and Risk Analytics. The team supports portfolio analytics, simulation-based frameworks, strategic asset allocation, and quantitative research for portfolio managers and investment research teams across asset classes. This role blends quantitative analysis, applied financial modeling, data & model operations, and software development. You will analyze portfolio, market, and risk data to generate insights for portfolio managers, while also maintaining proprietary datasets, models, and analytics infrastructure to support those insights. You will act as a partner to Portfolio Management and Research, translating investment questions into quantitative analysis, clear interpretation, and scalable analytical workflows. Given rapid technological change-including the adoption of AI and automation in investment workflows-the candidate will be comfortable modernizing legacy processes, integrating AI-enabled capabilities, and building production-quality analytics that scale without sacrificing analytical rigor. Hiring Location Options: Greater Boston Area (Lincoln, MA) or New York City Hybrid schedule: work onsite 3 days per week How You Will Add Value - Serve as a primary quantitative partner for Portfolio Management and Investment Research-triaging and resolving analytical questions with speed, rigor, and clear communication. Maintain, validate, and enhance portfolio and risk analytics (risk decomposition, factor exposures, scenario/stress testing, attribution, and forecasting) used in investment decision-making. Analyze portfolio, risk, and market data to identify drivers of performance and risk; interpret results and communicate actionable insights, assumptions, and limitations to portfolio managers and research stakeholders. Own and maintain critical data pipelines and data-quality control processes that enable accurate portfolio analysis and quantitative modeling (holdings, exposures, market/fundamental data, reference data). Implement daily, weekly, and monthly data-quality checks, reconciliation, and exception management. Design and implement quantitative analytics in Python and SQL-ranging from exploratory analysis and model development to reusable libraries and automated production workflows-that improve insight, reliability, and efficiency. Support recurring deliverables such as quarterly investment analysis and reporting, ensuring analytical accuracy, reproducibility, and clear linkage between data, models, and conclusions. Contribute to quant research projects, including the annual Strategic Asset Allocation process: data preparation, simulation and backtesting, scenario analysis, and presentation of results. Evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities to enhance analytical workflows, with appropriate controls, validation, documentation, and adherence to compliance and data privacy requirements. Maintain strong operational documentation, version control, and operational readiness for quantitative models and the supporting analytics software stack. What Will Help You Be Successful in This Role - Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, or related field). 6-8 years of relevant experience in investment analytics, quantitative research, risk, portfolio analytics, or a closely related role. Strong programming skills in Python and demonstrated ability to translate analysis into production-quality code. Strong data sk Apply tot his job Apply To this Job