Quantitative Associate

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, and Dubai.

Burford is hiring a Quantitative Investment Associate to join our Strategy and Quantitative Analytics team, which applies analytical principles to evaluate potential and existing investment opportunities whose primary driver is a legal outcome. Burford invests across different industry sectors and geographies and through a variety of structures.

The Quantitative Investment Associate will be an essential contributor to the firm's investment process. A successful candidate will possess intellectual curiosity, a certain comfort level with uncertainty and an aptitude for developing analytical frameworks. The constant variety and generalist approach to investment opportunities will require candidates who are fast learners and can adapt quickly to new data and events.

The base compensation range for this role is $125,000 - $150,000. Burford also pays a discretionary annual bonus and provides welcome Restricted Stock Units to all full-time employees.

The role will report to a Senior Vice President and be based in Burford’s New York office.

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms.  Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 150 people today, including over 45 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup.  Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident.  Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business.  Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside the office, including during evenings and weekends

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford provides competitive health care benefits and a 401k matching program. Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.  We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Investment Valuation

• Collaborate closely with underwriters to develop and analyze investment models assessing the quantitative potential of prospective and ongoing investments.
• Evaluate existing and prospective investment models and term sheets to assess pricing structures, validate underlying assumptions, and value complex investment opportunities.
• Assist in the collection, integration, and analysis of investment-related data to inform strategic decisions and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Research and Development

• Support the development and operation of Burford’s proprietary investment modeling platform, contributing to both model function design and implementation.
• Identify and propose improvements or innovations for modeling systems, drafting clear functional requirements and rigorously testing new features.
• Contribute to the expansion of internal data resources and tools used by firm leadership, ensuring relevance and reliability in decision-making processes.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to enhance and standardize data infrastructure for long-term strategic use.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Quantitative Associate will benefit from the following opportunities:
• Formal training introducing litigation finance, financial modelling and analysis.
• Hands-on training in general finance and litigation finance, gaining a strong foundation in key concepts and practices.
• Personalized mentorship and regular exposure to senior members of Burford management.

SKILLS DESIRED

Qualifications & Experience

• Candidates should have an outstanding academic record with a major in a quantitative field (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics, or finance)
• Candidates should have 2-4 years of experience, preferably in a related field
• Demonstrated interest/experience in analytical modeling and data analysis
• Knowledge of statistical techniques (regression, properties of distributions and statistical tests etc.), and ability to contextualize data and apply these techniques

Core Competencies & Skills

• Candidates must be detail-oriented and have strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• A collaborative working style that enables them to interact with team members at all levels of the company.
• High energy, self-starter with an ability to comprehend and quickly learn new concepts.
• A high proficiency in Excel is required. Understanding of Python is desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

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