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Vice President, Quantitative Analyst – Global Markets Liquid Financing

A front-office quant role in the Prime Services strategy group, building models and analytics for the desks that finance and hedge client positions. It sits between traders, sales and technology in Global Markets.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Build and maintain analytical libraries used by the Prime Services desks
Calibrate models to market data and support pricing of equity swaps and futures financing
Create tools that help traders monitor exposures, inventory and financing resources
Quantify revenue opportunities and counterparty risk for the prime business
Support desk questions day to day, then move on to model development

What they ask for

Required

Python
Familiarity with C++ or another object-oriented language
Probability and stochastic calculus
Statistics and data analysis
Linear equity derivatives (index futures, total return swaps, ETFs)
FX and interest-rate hedging basics
Clear communication

Preferred

Delta-one pricing, hedging or market making
Windows/Linux development and workflow automation
Jupyter and Dash dashboards

Education: Master's in financial mathematics, or a PhD in a quantitative field, or equivalent skills
Experience: Senior front-office quant experience, ideally with delta-one products
Languages and tools: Python
C++
Jupyter
Dash
Markets: equities, fixed-income, fx

How to prepare

Learn how total return swaps and index futures are priced and financed
Build a small Python library that prices and hedges a basket swap
Refresh stochastic calculus and numerical integration
Build a Dash or Jupyter dashboard for portfolio exposure
Read about prime brokerage financing and margin

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