Accounting, Auditing: Prize Winning Data Scientist Needed (Remote) Hedge Fund - - (New York, NY)

Responsibilities: Build Predictive Models to identify global equity investment opportunities Will work unaided and remotely to generate investment signals Must not have any prior work background in the financial markets Uncover unique investment strategies by utilizing your predictive modeling skills acquired in healthcare or marketing analytics Qualifications: Must have proven skill and recognized success in predictive modeling competitions, (KDD Cup, Netflix Prize, Data-Mining Cup, M Competition) Client will only look at applicants who have no previous banking, finance or investment background Must have 5+ years of hands on background as a data scientist or predictive modeler in healthcare or marketing analytics areas The firm will provide hands-on coaching and mentoring and state of the art data analytic tools and software The firm is offering a aggressive compensation which would include a base salary and a bonus that would be based on the returns on the strategies that you generate.