The FISER Group

Front Office Credit Quant - Associate

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Job Description

We are excited to be partnering with a globally-renowned Investment Banking client on a Front Office Quant mandate supporting Credit trading desks. This role offers immediate senior-level exposure within their Global Markets division, and offers a diverse range of responsibilities across quantitative research and coding, where the outputs make a genuine difference to the day-to-day running of the desk. Joining a global team with members in London, Europe, Asia and North America, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting Credit Traders, who use client money to trade linear credit products such as Bonds, Credit Default Swaps, Indices, ETFs, Asset-Backed Securities and Collateralized Loan Obligations, in modelling, pricing and risk management tasks. The successful candidate will also play a pivotal part in developing, testing and implementing pricing and risk management tools, and assisting with the ongoing upgrading of the analytics library. In addition to applying technical skills in financial mathematics and coding, this role will see the successful candidate interacting with senior stakeholders in Trading, Structuring, Sales, Risk Management and Technology, and so requires stakeholder management and communication skills in interfacing with individuals from varied professional and academic backgrounds. Candidate requirements: An MSc or PhD qualification in a STEM discipline Experience working within the Front Office of a Financial Services organization Detailed knowledge of at least one of the credit products listed above and how they are priced C++ and/or Python coding skill. The pricing library is in C++ so candidates with this experience will be at an advantage.