Quant Researcher – Electronic Trading – Fixed Income FX – BOSTON recruitment
This role sits within the electronic trading division of a global leader in Asset Management with offices in major business hubs all over the world. The prurpose of the position is to provide insight and strategy to develop electronic trading products in fixed income, FX and non-US equity asset classes.
The position has responsibilities in a range of areas; it is a relationship function where partnerships must be formed with a range of key stakeholders such as financial engineers and quants, other product leads in the company, business partners and the leadership team. It is a consultative position where you will be required to negotiate and present your findings with regards to regulatory and legislative changes, developments or nuances in the elctronic trading domain, and issues that affect the various asset classes that could impact the team. In essence this is a quantitative research position with hands on elements and a marketing/business development mindset.
In order to be successful in this role, you need to have been in a role in a quant team within the investment space (electronic trading preferred) for the last 5 years. You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills achieved through interfacing with a range of business users and through publications or other written work. From the quantitative side, you need to understand the statistical side of electronic trading to be able to successfully liaise with the financial engineers on execution and efficiency aspects.
If you are interested and would like to apply, please upload your resume via the link for the attention of Ruth Steel and her team at Huxley Associates.