Associate Quantitative Analyst, Fixed Income

About Invesco

As one of the world's leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

What's in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

• Flexible paid time off
  
• Hybrid work schedule
  
  
• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
  
  
• Health & wellbeing benefits
  
  
• Parental Leave benefits
  
  
• Employee stock purchase plan
  

Job Description

About the Role:

The Associate Quantitative Analyst, Fixed Income will be the primary developer and maintainer of internal systems critical to the daily management of our successful and growing Fixed Income ETF lineup. The Analyst will work under the direction of ETF Portfolio Management to operate and extend tools for automated trading, performance attribution, corporate action analysis, basket negotiation tools and data quality monitoring, among other duties. Successful candidates will be self-directed, curious and eager to identify and implement opportunities to improve the portfolio management process. Knowledge of Python and SQL is required. The ability to work in a group environment with daily interactions with portfolio managers, information technology, and operational staff is expected. General knowledge of ETFs, currency hedging, fixed income securities, trading strategies, broker relationships and portfolio management functions is a plus, but not required. The position, located in Downers Grove, Illinois, will serve as a single contributor with no immediate direct reports.


Responsibilities of the Role:

• Develop, support and maintain our proprietary risk, flow and order optimization/monitoring system.
• Own our In-Kind Order negotiation and capture process, working directly with Brokers, Portfolio Management, Trading and Technology to enhance our capabilities.
• Develop a full understanding of our investment process; become capable of handling orders and rebalances with minimal supervision.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the global ETF infrastructure and workflow, which includes Portfolio Management requirements for ETF portfolios managed in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Requirements of the Role:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, physics, mathematics, or electrical engineering, or other scientific discipline preferred.
• Prior experience with Python and SQL is required. Experience with JavaScript (esp. React/Angular), Rust, C, C++, Java, C# or similar is also valuable.
• Experience with Polars, Plotly Dash (or equivalent), Flask, and the standard python data science stack.
• Basic knowledge of git is required. Experience with CI tools (GitHub/BitBucket pipelines, Jenkins) is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Linear Programming at the undergraduate level is desirable. Experience with libraries such as Gurobi/CPLEX/SCIP is a huge plus.
• Linux experience, or experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) is a plus.
• Fixed Income/Trading experience is desirable but not required.
• Ability to make quick decisions, establish priorities and concentrate on detailed information under time sensitive conditions.
• Knowledge of the global fixed income markets, prior trading experience, and the ability to provide market color are preferred skills but not required.
• Proficiency in any of the following PM systems is considered a plus: Aladdin, Bloomberg, Charles River.

The salary range for this position in Downers Grove is $125,000 to $147,000 annually. The total compensation offered for this position, which includes salary and incentive pay, will vary based on skills, experience and location.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco's Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm's most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other's growth and development.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.