Business Management Associate

About AQR Capital Management

AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.

 At AQR, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We’re determined to know what makes financial markets tick – and we’ll ask every question and challenge every assumption.  We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.

The Team

AQR is looking to ire a full-time Associate on our U.S. Wealth Team, within the Business Development group in a Business Management role. The Business Development group works with AQR’s clients in North America, Europe, Australia and the Middle East to provide solutions to achieve their investment objectives. AQR clients include a cross-section of the world’s largest institutional investors, such as public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and foundations and endowments. AQR also serves the private-wealth community and Registered Investment Advisors.

• U.S. Wealth - The U.S. Wealth group was created to engage with taxable U.S. investors and their advisors. The group is responsible for education, awareness and managing new and current client relationships for AQR strategies through dedicated coverage to the Family Office community, Registered Investment Advisor community, as well as elite advisors and teams within the major Broker-Dealer segment.

Your Role

• As a member of the US Wealth Business Management team you’ll work closely with the US Wealth leadership team with managing day-to-day priorities and initiatives that will help drive the future growth of the AQR Wealth business
• Act as a project manager to track key deliverables, goals, metrics
• Track business priorities and initiatives across departments (including research, portfolio implementation, sales, marketing, legal, operations and engineering) and keep up-to-date on progress for quick and efficient updates
• Create and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure the progress toward these goals
• Identify issues and updates for discussion, maintain agendas and follow up items post meetings
• Help to ensure appropriate communication cascades as necessary
• Build analytical support for key initiatives (e.g. financial model, demand model) and synthesize findings into materials
• Work closely with the sales team to collect, store, process, and analyze data sets from various sources to help drive decision-making at AQR, and help evaluate goals and identify new business opportunities
• Partner with Wealth leadership team on business benchmarking, forward-looking investor demand modelling, and competitor analysis
• Produce decks on business updates and metrics tracking
• Create well-organized reports and analyses on various metrics and KPI’s

What You’ll Bring

• A Bachelor’s degree; Exceptional academic performance demonstrating achievement and commitment to excellence
• 3-6 years of experience in management or strategy consulting
• Strong project management skills, with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong quantitative skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; must be able to build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of internal colleagues across teams
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in managing large data sets
• Ability to function at a high level of autonomy and be a self-starter
• Ability to handle a wide array of issues – needs to multi-task and be willing to roll up sleeves and do whatever is needed

Who You Are

• Committed to intellectual curiosity and integrity, with a high degree of ethics
• Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate within a collaborative, team – oriented culture as well as operate independently
• Hard working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, innovative environment
• Well – organized, detail oriented; able to multi – task and keep track of various deadlines
• Look beyond the surface level to understand the underlying details

The salary range for this role is expected to be $130,000 to $160,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is accurate for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, depending upon factors such as skills, experience, location, or other business and organizational needs. This wage range may also be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

AQR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO/VET/DISABILITY