Research Analyst - Hedge Fund - IIM/IIT/ISI

Job Profile

About the client: A leading Hedge fund

Job Title: Research Analyst

Location: Mumbai

About the role:

We are looking to develop quantitative investment strategies for Global capital markets. This role is ideal for candidates who have a strong programming base and are interested in quantitative research and trading.

Job Responsibilities:

- The Research Analyst will be responsible for the development of the research infrastructure for the derivatives based trading strategy.

- The candidate would be responsible for generation of trading ideas and portfolios. This role involves understanding and developing various aspects of investment strategy management like generation of trades, portfolio construction, risk analysis, performance analysis and environment analysis.

The responsibilities will include the following:

- Reading of research papers and journals to identify research ideas

- Develop and test trading strategies and ideas. Build analytics for back testing of trading signals and new ideas.

- Build analytics for construction and analysis of portfolios.

- Build analytics for risk, performance and environment analysis of portfolios.

- Responsible for execution and trading of the investment strategy

Desired candidate profile:

- At least 3 Years of Quantitative Research experience.

- Any experience related to option pricing or derivatives valuation would be beneficial.

- Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Management or similar disciplines from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Statistical Institute, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) or similar.

- Excellent mathematical skills

- Very strong programming skills in one of the following: Python, C++, C# or Java. SQL knowledge would be beneficial.