Front Office EQ Exotics Quant Analyst – Huge Investment Bank (CESR) recruitment
This top International Investment Bank has been doing very well for the past few quarters and is looking to add headcount to the front office EQ Quant Analytics team.
The manager is looking for the following profile:
• Candidate who comes from a front office position at an Investment Bank/Hedge fund ideally focussing on EQ derivatives, but will consider excellent front office quants from IR, FX, FI derivative backgrounds.
• Someone with exceptional exposure to EQ derivatives would be ideal (or FX, FI, IR) and has experience working on a trading desk.
• The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to interact easily in a front office environment working alongside traders, on one of the world’s largest trading desks.
• The role sits in the NYC offices and therefore candidates should ideally be based in NYC.
• Visa sponsorship is quite difficult at this time and the team are only able to look at candidates who are US citizens, US green card holders or have a work visa (OPT, H1B) withmore than 1.5 years left.
• Very experienced C++ programmers are needed as the modelling is at a very high level in this front office
• PhDs are required for this opportunity. I.e. Maths, Physics, Stats, Finance etc from a top University
Candidates with strong academic background with recognised awards would be highly sought after.
A solid understanding of financial maths, stoch calculus, stoch volatility and options would be good.
This global Investment bank is a huge force in the finance industry and has offices worldwide. This role will require an individual who is exceptionally driven and can handle a steep learning curve in order to better their finance career. If you are interested, please apply into: quantexotic@selbyjennings.com