Executive EQ Quant | USA recruitment
This role is an ideal opportunity for a senior quant in the equities space who has been working in a top financial institution to move into an executive role that offers huge amounts of career progression at one of the largest asset-management institutions in the world. This AM is world renowned and is looking to build out their equity platform. The role will report directly into the global head of equity quants and allows the successful individual to get hands on experience building models and pricing in a very senior function.
Responsibilities:
- The ability to build excellent derivative pricing and risk management models for the trading desk.
- Candidates should be able to simulate models and testing scenarios of stochastic pricing models.
- Excellent implementations skills - Implementation of models into a new analytics library.
- The individual must have excellent communications skill as the role requires the ability to get involved with various functions – developers, senior management, clients etc.
- Ideally the past experience to be able to mentor juniors and take on more senior management duties when needed.
Qualifications:
- Excellent level of financial mathematics: stochastic calculus, Brownian motion, Monte Carlo, PDE’s, statistical modelling.
- Programming knowledge both theoretical and practical needs to be outstanding. Languages used day to day are C++, Matlab, VBA and Java.
- Top post graduate degree, preferably PhD in a quantitative subject. Masters candidates could be considered.
- Background in Mathematics, Physics, engineering, finance or other quantitative field would the best fits for this type off role.
- Strong communication skills are a must – candidates need to have the ability to explain complex research and technical aspects of business to different arms of the company and clients.
Candidates who have an intense drive to better their careers and work at a top asset management firm and lead the development of the equities platform should be absolutely excited about this opportunity. The team is very strong and every function of the business will completely support the right senior quant to get stuck in and make an impact from day one. This opportunity is quite rare and should you be interested in this role it could really be an excellent career move.
To apply or for more information please contact quantexotic@selbyjennings.com
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