Quantitative Analyst recruitment
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.) General
- Work with a team of experienced quantitative portfolio managers. Develop, Test, Implement, and Execute trading strategies within a diversified futures portfolio.
- Maintain and enhance profitability by improving existing trading models. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Improving logic and techniques utilized in the model.
- Implementing upgrades to the models by coding in appropriate languages.
- Periodically run through analysis of the models and submit to group head.
- Research new ideas and technologies in model driven trading strategies and carry out feasibility studies if such development is promising.
Contribute to design and development of IT infrastructure, such as a platform to develop the model, trade execution and historical database
- Execute trades for Model portfolio
2.) Policy
- Responsible for review and/or drafting policy and procedures
3.) Technical Skills Required
- Strong programming skills in Visual Basic, C, C++
- Experience in Tradestation, MatLab, SAS, SPSS, S+, R or similar package is a plus.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS OR EXPERIENCE:
- Strong Degrees in quantitative field such as Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics etc.
- Experience executing trades
- Profound understanding of statistics and optimization theory with familiarity to and working knowledge of probability and simulation methods.
- Strong programming skills in C, C++ or Java.
- Experience in scientific computing, database design.
- Excellent verbal communication, presentation and writing skills.
- Strong desire to work with a great team.
Mizuho Corporate Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer
February 14, 2012
• Tags: Hedge Funds careers in the USA, Quantitative Analyst recruitment • Posted in: Financial