Quantitative analyst career

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Quantitative analysts design models and create strategies for businesses to make informed investment decisions and valuations of financial assets.

Quantitative analysts design models and create strategies for businesses to make informed investment decisions and valuations of financial assets.

What would you do as a Quantitative analyst?

Quantitative analysts

  • usually work regular business hours
  • usually work in offices
  • need to be accurate, identify and solve problems and communicate well

Tasks

  • help businesses decide on investments
  • analyse data to find financial patterns
  • check risks before giving investment advice
  • research market trends
  • design and test financial models
  • follow financial rules and laws
  • create investment strategies for businesses
  • review investment opportunities
  • meet with clients to explain analysis

How can you become a Quantitative analyst?

You usually need experience to become a quantitative analyst and a qualification may be useful.

You may need

  • experience in similar work
  • a relevant tertiary qualification in mathematical sciences, psychology studies or similar area
  • knowledge of industry regulations

If you're in school

You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.

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Build strong analytical skills with a Mathematics major in our Bachelor of Science, paired with Data Analytics to learn how to model and interpret large data sets. For a finance focus, our Bachelor of Banking, Finance and Technology develops your skills in financial analysis and modelling. Like all our undergraduate degrees, these include work-integrated learning.

After your degree, our Master of Applied Finance or Master of Data Science, with its statistical modelling endorsement, takes your modelling skills further.

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