Commercial Analytics - Associate

About Bridgewater 

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors. 

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles. 

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture. 

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Our Culture 

Bridgewater’s unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each other’s logic, and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Within this culture, Diversity and Inclusion is a top priority because it is essential to finding the best talent in the world, enabling our idea meritocracy, and creating an environment where all types of people can thrive. We have a full-time team as well as affinity networks that work on these issues - If you would like to learn more, please let your Bridgewater recruiter know. 

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About the Commercial Analytics Team  

The Commercial Analytics group is a key partner to the senior leadership team across the firm, enabling better commercial decision making by systematically assessing progress against our goals and by providing data-backed insights. A core mission of this group is to do business analytics in a truly systemized fashion, through a robust infrastructure and user-friendly tools. As a result, the Commercial Analytics group is deeply connected with the rest of the Client Service Systemization Teams and Technology department to create and shape a sustainable ecosystem. 

The Commercial Analytics team is a trusted partner in both setting and running Bridgewater’s commercial strategy. 

About Your Role 

Associates on the Commercial Analytics team will play a vital role in servicing internal stakeholders across BW to improve and solve various business strategy problems. From their unique position at the heart of Bridgewater’s commercial strategy and sales & marketing activities, these individuals have an aerial view into our commercial footprint, ever-evolving perspectives on world markets, high-impact company-wide projects and how we’re positioned as an organization to achieve our goals. The Commercial Analytics team work closely with Client Service, Total Portfolio Strategies, and Alpha Engine Leadership, and the Commercial Committee, to collaborate on how to handle different commercial research projects – all the way from key questions/initial framework, to analysis, to systemization and hardening and ultimately delivery for insights and recommendations.   

Successful Associates in Commercial Analytics will: 

• Develop a holistic understanding of Bridgewater’s business objectives and problems. 
• Understand various Client Service and Marketing systems in place. 
• Partner with leadership across Client Service and Investment Engine to understand business priorities and their biggest challenges. 
• Develop and author logic and visualizations to enable better commercial decision-making through providing data-backed insights. 
• Ensure the commercial analytics systems are utilized in the best possible way across the department. 
• Partner with leadership across CS to report key performance metrics in a systematic basis. 
• Develop a holistic understanding of Bridgwater’s investment products and how they tie to strategic goals. 
• Partner with technologists to shape our commercial analytics infrastructure. 

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You will drive the following responsibilities:  

• Understand Bridgewater's book of business, related commercial strategy, and our investment thinking. 
• Contribute to Bridgewater’s world-class commercial service strategy through creative thinking about how to generate insights and convey key messages to our leadership about our commercial activities and achievements 
• Strategize with CS and Product Development Leadership and help develop best approach to systematically assess our department and commercial achievements relative to plans 
• Apply analytical and technical skills to build out our commercial analytics systems and deliver high impact products to the leadership and senior management. 

The role in Commercial Analytics role is a great opportunity to transition into Bridgewater. While the position does not require deep experience in asset management, qualified candidates will have 2-4 years of prior experience in a related professional services environment. We are looking for intellectually curious individuals who enjoy solving complex problems. 

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's or master's degree from a competitive school with a strong academic and extracurricular track record 
• Interest in understanding and solving problems related to business strategy. 
• Ability to solve complex problems using strong analytical and technical abilities. 
• Aptitude for creative technical and analytical work. 
• Keen customer service mentality 
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and organize time effectively in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment 
• Strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to achieve results and drive projects to completion; strong attention to detail 
• Aptitude for remaining composed and confident under pressure 
• Effective written and oral communication skills 
• Strong computer skills and Microsoft Office Suite expertise 

In addition, to succeed within our unique culture and work environment, individuals must demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas and approaches. Candidates must be driven, confident, and goal-oriented. All Bridgewater employees are expected to be honest, exceptionally direct, and eager to provide and receive objective feedback. Our employees constantly strive for self-improvement through feedback and self-reflection and are committed to the pursuit of excellence. 

Physical Requirements:
The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our New York City campus. 

Why Choose Bridgewater? 

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential. 

You will grow with us by:  

• Participating in formal and informal on the job training 
• Developing a holistic understanding of portfolios and portfolio management principles 
• Becoming well-versed in our investment approach, process, strategies and book of business 

Compensation Band: 
The wage range for this role is $175,000 - $225,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 75% - 85% of this wage range. 

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits including: 

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services 
• 401(k) plan with generous employer match 
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package 
• Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare 
• Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing 
• Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms 
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups 

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Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations. This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do provide immigration sponsorship for this position. 

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer