Monday, May 14, 2012

Help Wanted-Thiel Capital: "Investment Analyst (w/ 2-3 years post-college experience); engineering background a plus"

From Linked In:

Start-up global macro hedge fund incubated by Peter Thiel's Thiel Capital - San Francisco Bay Area

Job Description

Investment analyst with primary responsibilities to:
  • Investigate economic hypotheses that lead to conclusions that are fundamentally correct but missed by most of the world 
  • Develop predictive models to drive investment decisions based on economic fundamentals, supply and demand, and money flows across global markets, including currencies, bonds, stocks, and commodities 
  • Source, manipulate, and analyze large datasets with the intent to conduct bias-free back-testing and scenario analyses 
  • Contribute ideas, analysis, and commentary to monthly economic / investment papers 

Desired Skills & Experience

Ideal candidate would have:
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with desire to help grow a new investment management
  • High GPA from top-tier university; preferably in computer science, mathematics, statistics, econometrics, physics, engineering or other highly quantitative
  • Two-to-three years’ experience in consulting / banking / macroeconomic research
  • Demonstrably extraordinary analytic and problem solving abilities coupled with innate curiosity, rigorous logical thinking, and an open-mind 
  • Exceptional modeling skills; quantitative language skills a plus (e.g., Matlab, Sas, or R) 
  • Powerful work ethic, resourceful, highly organized, clear communication, with exacting attention to detail 
  • Basic familiarity with economics /  finance helpful but not required ...
HT: Ygelesis who notes:
... including a charge to "Investigate economic hypotheses that lead to conclusions that are fundamentally correct but missed by most of the world"...