Job Location: Madison, WI
OUR AGENCY
Making a Difference
SWIB is a trusted and skilled global investment organization managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) and other separately managed funds. With over $165.6 billion in total assets under management, SWIB has been recognized by the investment industry for its teamwork and innovation that helps make it a premier asset manager. Sophisticated investment management strategies, forward-looking technologies, and strong internal asset management make SWIB a leading investment organization.
For public employees in Wisconsin, SWIB is a unique and valuable partner. Investing for the financial security of more than 652,000 individuals – and for the 1,500 Wisconsin employers who contribute on behalf of their employees – SWIB’s strong management of the WRS has helped fuel one of only a few fully funded public pension funds in the country. SWIB’s long-term investment returns meet the challenges of a constantly evolving investment landscape while helping grow and protect the assets of the WRS, which consistently ranks among the 10 largest public pension funds in the U.S.
We are a mission-driven organization and the participants we serve are our mission. By bringing a disciplined, prudent, and innovative approach to market opportunities, SWIB has been successful in generating respectable returns and maintaining the trust of the beneficiaries and stakeholders of the funds we oversee.
Join HIGHER PERFORMERS
Home to Top Talent
SWIB is recognized as a premier investment manager because of the highly qualified staff successfully managing the assets of the WRS trust funds. SWIB is committed to investing in talented professionals that will help implement a robust and sophisticated investment strategy to manage over half of the trust fund assets internally and keep the organization at the forefront of the investment industry. As an innovative organization, SWIB offers professional development opportunities to help staff sharpen and expand their skills. Approximately 61 percent of SWIB’s investment professionals are Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holders.
About The Team
Define, drive, and deliver change!
The Data Strategy & Information Delivery Division is a growing, client service-oriented team. We are business-centric working closely with the investment management and operational teams to anticipate and meet their complex information and reporting needs. With the combination of Data Science, Reporting, and Data Management, we are transforming SWIB into a premier data driven organization.
Position Overview
Technical Skills
Essential activities:
- Oracle SQL, SQL Server
- Snowflake (or some equivalent datastore tool)
- Python experience
- JIRA and Confluence
- Informatica (or some equivalent ETL tool such as Alteryx)
- PowerBI (or some equivalent BI tool such as Tableau)
Data Skills
- SQL development
- ETL (Extract Transform load) exposure
- Python experience
- Investment Industry knowledge recommended but candidates in other industries highly encouraged to apply:
- Understanding of multi-asset products is desirable
- Comprehensions of risk, return and cost metrics in industry is desirable
- Exposure to the investment management lifecycle is desirable
The Ideal Candidate
- 3 plus years of experience in data analytics, data science, or related fields
- Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in finance, quantitative finance, or another related field
- Ability to take various questions gathered from the business leveraging existing data as well as improving upon that data to deliver complete, consistent and precise answers
- Experience in working with/understanding the various lifecycles of data management, extraction, loading, transformation to its applications in analysis, research and solving problems
- Extensive knowledge in composing Oracle SQL, SQL Server queries, data modeling, and having a SQL and analytics background
- Experience in identifying use cases for the business, contributing to analysis and understanding of existing data models with iterative recommendations on improvement resulting in some improvement in risk, return or cost for the organization
- Extensive knowledge of data extraction, transformation and loading
- Experience refactoring SQL queries, use of Python
- Experience working with large structured and financial data sets
- Ability to follow rigor in creating/updating documentation, maintain process (i.e. JIRA tickets) and following technology and business best practices
- Ability to present and communicate well and connect business and technology
- Ability to tactically understand results in context (i.e. when does something look wrong), and strategically how to resolve those issues via data quality and rule-based instrumentation
- Interest in newer data technologies, Snowflake programming, i.e. Python
- Interest or experience in investment management, quantitative finance and technology
- Background in Agile methodologies and their applications
SWIB Offers
- Competitive McLagan-based total cash compensation
- A comprehensive benefit package
- Educational and training opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Challenging work in a professional environment
The position requires U.S. work authorization and residency in, or willingness to relocate to the Madison, Wisconsin area. SWIB is prepared to offer relocation assistance as needed.
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