Analyst/Associate/Vice President - Algorithmic Trading/Quant - Securities Divisions - BFSI

The Securities divisions- core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

The Strats business unit is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological expertise to solve complex business problems.

Working within the firm's trading, sales, banking, and investment management divisions, strats use their mathematical and scientific training to create financial products, advise clients on transactions, measure risk, and identify market opportunities.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

The role will cover the full spectrum of index development and support, including implementation in the front- office modelling system, backtesting, index methodology documentation, product development, parameter analysis and robustness testing, integration into front-office pricing and risk models, ongoing support for production indices and risk systems, and working with the relevant sales and trading teams on marketing and risk management.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Academic background in a quantitative or technical discipline

- Advanced coding and software design skills

- Understanding of basic financial math concepts, e.g. Black Scholes pricing

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, demonstrating initiative and showing the commercial impact

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience within Equities

- Knowledge of systematic strategies and backtesting

- Knowledge of developing and supporting risk systems