Quantitative Analytics Specialist

In this role, you will:

• Develop, implement, and calibrate various analytical models

• Perform highly complex activities related to financial products, business analysis and modeling

• Perform basic statistical and mathematical models using Python, R, SAS, C++ and SQL

• Perform analytical support and provide insights regarding a wide array of business initiatives

• Provide solutions to business needs and analyze workflow processes to make recommendations for process improvement in risk management

• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers, and regulators to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Quantitative Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• Master's degree or higher in statistics, mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, or quantitative discipline

Desired Qualification:

• A Quantitative Analytics Specialist is an individual contributor role in the Capital Markets Track. This team deals with developing and validating mathematical models for pricing and hedging complex financial instruments. We use traditional and cutting-edge techniques in applied and computational mathematics to assess and validate models.

• A Quantitative Analytics Specialist should have a deep academic knowledge, broad based approach to solve business problems. He/she should approach the problem agnostic of analytic technique, tool or process. Ability to think outside the box and provide ensemble solutions should set them apart to be a high performing team member

Essential Skills:

• 2 years of experience of working in quantitative finance with minimum Masters/Phd  in a quantitative field such as applied math, statistics, engineering, physics, or mathematical finance.

• Performing mathematical model validation using Python, C++, R, and SQL or other programming languages and mathematical/statistical packages

• Producing required documentation to substantiate model validation

• Analyzing processes and work flows to make recommendations for process improvement in various risk management and/or business areas as well as participating in and leading model risk projects.

Desired Skills:

• Strong mathematical, statistical, analytical and computational skills

• Strong communication skills for a variety of audiences (other technical staff, senior management and regulators) both verbally and in writing

• Capability to multi-task and finish work within strict timelines and provide timely requests for information and follow-up questions

• Ability to work independently on complex model validations from start to finish

• Able to demonstrate first-hand knowledge of advanced topics in various mathematical and numerical methods such as Monte Carlo, stochastic calculus, partial differential equations, linear algebra, applied probability, and statistics;

• Skill in managing relationships with key model stakeholders

• Eagerness to contribute collaboratively on projects and discussions

• Perpetual interest in learning something new, but being comfortable with not knowing the all the answers

• Attention to detail in both analytics and documentation

• Aptitude for synthesizing data to 'form a story' and align information to contrast/compared to industry perspective

• Intellectually curious, who enjoy solving problems

• Excellent programing skills and use of software packages such as C++, Python, R, SAS and SQL

• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to develop partnerships and collaborate with other business and functional areas