Senior Associate Quant (Excellent C++ Programmer / Modeler), Trading Analytics Group, Major Investment Bank, NYC recruitment
You may directly contact: Dirk Himes, The Polaris Group (an Executive Search Firm). Cell 312-961-4811; Dirk@ThePolarisGroupInc.com
Our client is interested in candidates with perhaps 2-5 years experience as a trading/risk quant (analyst / strategist / front-office developer / etc.) with excellent modeling and analytical talent.
Position Requirements:
i) Preeminent C++ skills - and other skills such as Matlab, VBA, SQL, R, Java, Perl, and/or related proficiencies
ii) A quick intelligence and ability to learn new concepts very quickly
iii) Ability to work efficiently, effectively and without errors (fast and accurate)
iv) Interest in working on a trading platform and ability to work under pressure
v) Experience at a highly respected, multi-asset trading platform – is a plus
vi) A top-tier academic pedigree – is a plus
Other:
A college degree is required, a top tier school is a plus; a graduate degree with a technical curriculum (computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, quantitative finance), is preferred.
The firm offers an employee benefit package that includes health and insurance coverage and other important benefits including relocation allowance, if applicable.
About The Polaris Group:
The Polaris Group, with offices in Chicago, Charlotte, Minneapolis, New York, Tampa, and Charleston, South Carolina, conducts executive search and advisory work for large integrated investment and commercial banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, asset management firms, broker/dealers, insurance companies, and specialty finance firms. The firm’s financial services practice includes various functional areas: banking and structured finance, leveraged finance, derivatives, transaction structuring, modeling, administration, risk management, quantitative algorithmic finance, syndication, trading specialists, fixed income sales/trading; as well as IT, systems technology, and treasury functions (CFO office, Treasury related specialists).