Analyst - Algorithmic Trading

We would like to post an open position for our Company.

About Estee:

Estee Advisors Private Limited is a Gurgaon, India, based quantitative investment Management Company. The company builds quant-based alternative investment products, which are optimized for risk and return. Estee was setup in June 2008 and has two products in the market—I-Alpha (a market neutral fund focused on producing alpha from Indian markets using arbitrage) since May 2009 and I-Systematic which will start trading in May 2011. Estee is registered as a broker (automated trading) and PMS provider. Estee has a fully automated trading system that is capable of analysing real time granular market data and produce thousands of trades with very low latency.

Estee is a also a broker with all the major Indian exchanges (NSE, BSE, MCX-SX, USE) and operates in listed Indian securities and derivatives markets. We are a regulator (SEBI) registered Portfolio Manager with a portfolio management license in India and have a solid > 2year track record in the market managing Investors’ money.

Estee is promoted by Sandeep Tyagi, a seasoned entrepreneur with core competencies and prior experience in analytics of information and large quantities of data.

Estee is led by Sandeep Tyagi, an experienced entrepreneur who successfully grew his last venture, Inductis, into a 300 people US, India and Singapore based consulting firm focused on financial services sector in the area of risk management and analytics before merging with another company and going public in 2006. Estee has a strong set of independent board members and advisors including professionals with decades of experience in investment management, algorithmic trading, financial services, emerging markets and analytics. Estee has a team of about 25 people from some of the best institutes in India.

Apply only if you are a high performer looking to expand your horizon with an innovative company in our segment. Unlimited Potential for Growth!

For any further details, please refer to our website: http://www.esteeadvisors.com

Analyst / Senior Analyst- Strategy & Algorithm

Do you have a passion for quantitative trading? Would you like to get in on the trading floor of an exciting young company with high growth potential? Estee Advisor’s strategy team is looking for talented, ambitious, self-directed candidates. If you’re eager to make an impact in a niche Quantitative and Algorithmic Automated Trading in India and other emerging markets and have a proven track record of excellence, we have a unique pioneering opportunity waiting for you! You will be part of a team of very select professionals from the best institutes (IIT/IIM/Ivy League) in creating proprietary innovative products. Based on the analysis of financial market data you will be expected to research and design innovative investment strategies like long/short, statistical arbitrage, volatility arb, index arb etc.

Responsibilities:

- Development, back testing, optimization of quantitative models for investment strategies

- Performance attribution of live portfolios

Required Skills:

Strong candidates should have 1-3 years of work experience and successful track record in quantitative analysis preferably in the capital markets domain.

- Graduate degree in statistics, finance, mathematics, CS or other quantitative or computational disciplines

- Experience in using some or all of the following packages: R, SAS, MATLAB, SPSS, CART

- Good written and oral communication skills.

- Strong experience working both independently and in a team-oriented collaborative environment.

- Entrepreneurial, self-motivated individual - high energy, high activity levels - passion for working with an innovative, small but rapidly growing company.

Desired Skills:

- Experience in interacting with technology teams and programming

- Knowledge of quantitative finance including factor modeling

- Experience in an early stage company or fund

- Experience of working in India

Please mail your resume to pritha.pati@esteeadvisors.com

Pritha Pati
Manager - Human Resources
Estee Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
8th Floor, Block I, Vatika Business Park,
Sohna Road, Sec 49, Gurgaon - 122001
Tel: +91 124 463 7721 (Direct)
Fax: +91 124 463 7701