ESG Data Quant Specialist - Investments

About Us
As one of the world's largest independent financial advisory groups, we know that it takes a distinct perspective to make a meaningful difference to our clients’ business and wealth.
Rothschild & Co is a global and family-controlled group. We provide M&A, strategy and financing advice, as well as investment and wealth management solutions to large institutions, families, individuals and governments, worldwide.

Having been at the centre of the world's financial markets for more than 200 years we can rely on an unrivalled global network of more than 3,800 talented employees and a track-record of outstanding execution with 60 offices around the world.

Our integrated global network of trusted professionals and decision makers around the world provide in-depth market intelligence, meaning we can be closer to current issues than any other global financial institution in our core markets.

It is this scale, local knowledge and intellectual capital that allow us to provide a distinct perspective and effective long-term solutions for our partners. Rothschild & Co Wealth Management (“WMUK”) At Rothschild & Co Wealth Management, we provide a comprehensive range of private wealth services to some of the world’s wealthiest and most successful families, entrepreneurs, foundations and charities. In an environment where short-term thinking often dominates, our long-term perspective to wealth management sets us apart. Our clients are looking to preserve and grow the real value of their capital. We seek to be sensible custodians, managing our clients' money as if it were our own. Our founding family are one of the few to have successfully preserved their wealth over many generations and we aim to replicate this success for our clients. Overview of role and responsibilities We are looking for a data specialist to support the investment team, with a specific focus on collecting, handling and analysing sustainability data. We see a continuously increasing need for data to support our analysis across equities, funds and fixed income securities. In addition, we view this role as supporting the broader data analysis needs for the equity, fixed income and fund teams. Sustainability analysis is an integral part of all investment analysis we do. We use a number of tools to support the analysis of our companies and funds, some of it proprietary, some of it through third-party data providers. The increasing complexity of sustainability analysis and ongoing regulatory requirements means that we are looking for an additional member to the team who can support all these efforts. You are someone who likes to dive into the deep end of data, handle it with dexterity and try to make sense of the output. Proficiency in Excel is a must, programming skills are an asset. Main Responsibilities

• Collect data across a wide range of sustainability metrics for direct equities and funds. We combine proprietary analysis with MSCI data
• Understanding and interpreting sustainability data
• Sustainability portfolio analytics of the funds we own and our own portfolios
• Support the equity analysts with key sustainability data that gives them additional insights
• Prepare content for engagement with companies
• Automate tasks through programming
• Create presentation material for clients and client advisors
• Prepare data for regulatory purposes
• Support the preparation of our UN PRI filing, our annual sustainability report and our annual UK Stewardship Code report.

Other responsibilities Support the various analyst teams with data related queries Experience, Skills and Competencies

• Analytical skills that focus on data interpretation rather than data output alone
• University degree that includes math skills
• Work experience is not a prerequisite, but any experience handling data is a plus
• Affinity for financial markets, investments or sustainability topics is a plus
• Ability to program in Python is an asset