Quantative Analyst recruitment
For our client in the South of Holland we are looking for a Quantitative Analyst.
About the role:
This person will be working for the Financial Engineering team and is responsible for quantitative modelling issues, as well as the maintenance and development of the company’s core infrastructure. The Financial Engineering team maintains a quantitative analytics library,as well as internally built tools and systems (VBA / C# based) to facilitate pricing, trading, valuing, risk management and monitoring of OTC-derivatives, mainly in the fixed income, equity and FX asset classes.
Your responsibilities:
- Work in conjunction with all our financial engineers / developers, a group of 8 people based in both the South of Holland and England (London).
- Be given time to train, read, and will be sponsored for at least one relevant (finance or software) conference a year.
- Be trained / coached in the basics of investment science, valuation / risk management of derivatives, and software development techniques.
The ideal candidate satisfies the following criteria:
- Has successfully finished a quantitative study, preferably at Master’s level or higher, in the area of Mathematics, Physics, Computational Finance, Econometrics, or a similar field.
- Works in a financial environment, preferably related to derivatives (in a validation or front office role), and/or in the investment or pension fund industry;
- Masters the basic concepts of no-arbitrage pricing, and has experience in at least one asset class (equity ,fixed income or FX);
- Is pragmatic when it comes to working with end users or business proxy (customer), with the flexibility to cope with changing requirements;
- Has experience with software development and maintenance of tools and systems:
- In the .NET platform (C#), or C++;
- Visual Basic for Applications (Excel);
- Using object oriented analysis and design.
About the company:
This financial organisation is in terms of training and remuneration, a generous company. Flexibility, creativity, honesty and a positive attitude are rewarded with a stimulating and varied working environment.
Interested? Or do you know anyone in your network who fits this profile perfectly? Please contact Julia Tan at the following number: 020 535 2999 (Recruitment Consultant Risk Management) or send your profile via the link so I can contact you personally.