MCrisk recruitment
Focus Capital for over 35 years has been the main consultant and expertise provider to
Market, Credit and Operational Risk managers. Today we are looking to hire an
unprecedented 150 quants and analysts to join an exisitng team monitoring a trillion dollar
portfolio of assets.
Requirements include:3-15 years working experience in capital markets as a risk analyst, strategist or asset allocation specialist.
Qualifications for Analyst role:
2-5 years in developing capital models
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Proficient in MS excel, power point and word
Good understanding of finance, investment and financial engineering
experience with capital management, ALM and risk management
Qualification for quants•
M.S. or Ph.D. in a quantitative field;
• 3+ years of experience in the area of valuation (fixed income securities, derivatives, or other financial products), model development, implementation and validation, and/or risk management (market risk, credit risk, asset-liability management);
• Strong quantitative skills and broad knowledge of derivatives and fixed income securities;
• Strong development skills and especially programming skills in C++ and Excel/VBA;
• Strong statistics background a plus;
• Familiarity with Numerix or Algorithmics software a plus;
• Experience with valuation of private placements a plus;
• Experience with valuation of illiquid securities a plus;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.