Financial Quantitative Analysts

1. 01Apply mathematical or statistical techniques to address practical issues in finance, such as derivative valuation, securities trading, risk management, or financial market regulation.People already use AI for this at work
2. 02Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction or optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, or pricing models.People already use AI for this at work
3. 03Interpret results of financial analysis procedures.People already use AI for this at work
4. 04Develop core analytical capabilities or model libraries, using advanced statistical, quantitative, or econometric techniques.AI could speed this up a lot
5. 05Define or recommend model specifications or data collection methods.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
6. 06Produce written summary reports of financial research results.People already use AI for this at work
7. 07Maintain or modify all financial analytic models in use.AI could speed this up a lot
8. 08Provide application or analytical support to researchers or traders on issues such as valuations or data.People already use AI for this at work
9. 09Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.AI could speed this up a lot
10. 10Collaborate in the development or testing of new analytical software to ensure compliance with user requirements, specifications, or scope.AI could speed this up a lot

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.

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