Director Lead Data Scientist - Investments at Church Pension Group Services Corporation | NY, US | Rezi

Director Lead Data Scientist - Investments at Church Pension Group Services Corporation

Director Lead Data Scientist - Investments

Church Pension Group Services Corporation · NY, US

2 days ago

Director Lead Data Scientist - Investments

Church Pension Group Services Corporation · NY, US

3 days ago
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About the Role

The Director, Lead Data Scientist will define and build the future of data and analytics within The Church Pension Fund’s Investments department. This role will shape how CPF uses data to generate investment insights, evaluate portfolio opportunities and risks, and support decision-making, influencing the evolution of CPF’s investment process through data.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Investments department’s data warehouse, working with asset class specialists to assure data quality
  • Develop an overall view of the Investments department’s data resources, combining the data warehouse with other vendor tools
  • Determine, in collaboration with the CIO and other members of the Investments team, the strategic direction for CPF’s data analysis capabilities
  • Use business intelligence tools to drive value from the data warehouse and other databases, creating and maintaining regular reports at the level of the overall portfolio and individual asset classes
  • Respond to ad hoc requests and inquiries about CPF’s data, for example to identify trends in portfolio-company valuations within private investment funds or sector and factor exposures within the public equity allocation
  • Carry out modeling and stress-testing work at the portfolio and asset class levels
  • Form well-supported hypotheses about exposures and risks within CPF’s portfolio and present them to asset class specialists, the risk team, and the CIO
  • Liaise with the Investments department’s vendor specialist to optimize CPF’s data access and flow while managing resources prudently
  • Work with the data engineering team within Church Pension Group’s Information and Technology Services department to facilitate advances in the data warehouse and ensure smooth functioning of the overall data layer
  • Collaborate with data engineering to facilitate cross-vendor data quality checks and reconciliation

Requirements

  • Knowledge of institutional investment topics
  • Expertise in business intelligence and database management tools
  • Familiarity with coding languages used for data analysis
  • Strong understanding of data visualization and reporting techniques and tool-kits
  • Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills, including the ability to convey complex information clearly and to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  • Ability to conduct research both independently and under direction
  • Extensive use of a computer keyboard is a demand of the position to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

Location

  • Midtown Manhattan

Work Type

  • Hybrid work environment, which requires working in CPG’s office Tuesdays through Thursdays and flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Experience Level

  • 10+yrs years of relevant experience, preferably within an investment organization or a data provider

Education Level

  • Educational background in data science, preferably including a master’s degree in the field or a related field (e.g., mathematics or finance) with a data science concentration or certificate

Salary/Compensations

  • $255,000 - $285,000

Benefits

  • Medical (including Vision)
  • Dental
  • Employer funded defined benefit pension plan (five year vesting)
  • Employee Life Insurance
  • Spouse and Dependent Life Insurance
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage
  • Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverage (elected as either pre-tax or after-tax)
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Retiree health insurance (eligible after 10 years)
  • Retiree life insurance
  • 401(k) with matching contributions (immediate vesting)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Commuter Benefits
  • New York’s 529 College Savings Program (NY State residents)
  • Educational Assistance Program available to eligible employees
  • Parental Leave available to eligible employees
  • Time Off available to eligible employees: Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holidays
  • Discretionary annual incentive program

About the Company

  • Church Pension Group (CPG) is a financial services organization that serves the Episcopal Church.
  • CPG was founded in 1917 to provide pension benefits to eligible clergy of the Episcopal Church.
  • CPG's mission has expanded to include life and disability insurance, health benefits, property & casualty insurance, and publishing.
  • CPF oversees approximately $20 billion across a diversified portfolio of public and private investments.
  • CPF partners with a wide range of external investment managers and holds interests in several hundred individual funds, generating a vast array of data ranging from top-level portfolio Net Asset Values to detailed information about individual holdings within venture capital, real estate, public equity, and other funds.
  • CPF’s access to top-tier investment managers generates an unusually high-quality and differentiated data set.
  • CPF is currently creating an internal data warehouse, initially focused on holdings-level data for private funds, with plans to expand the range of information over time.

Equal Opportunity

  • CPG is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair hiring practices and do not discriminate against job applicants or employees based on any protected characteristics. We also celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.