Asset & Wealth Management-vice - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Description

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients.

We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversifiedclient base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

For us, it's all about bringing together people who are curious, collaborative and have the drive to make things possible for our clients and communities.

About Quantitative Investment Strategies

The Quantitative Investment Strategies team manages over USD 60 billion across a variety of mandates including institutional portfolios and mutual funds, using sophisticated quantitative models that have been developed in an innovative research environment.

The team is one of the largest quantitative managers in the world, and is recognized as an industry leader in quantitative portfolio management techniques.

The team manages exposures to global stock, bond, currency and commodity markets to generate excessreturn, or "alpha," for client portfolios.

The team also manages a platform of advanced beta strategies, which includes various smart beta and customized, rules-based beta capabilities.

As one of the longest-running quantitative teams in the industry, QIShas developed a strong reputation for innovation, excellence, teamwork and camaraderie.

Who We Look For:

We are interested in individuals who have strong coding and analytical skills and a passion to use technology to solve business problems. Although the work performed by this team is financial in nature, applicants need not have specific financial knowledgeor experience to apply.

Responsibilities:

Working closely with portfolio managers to build quantitative models and tools to streamline portfolio management process
Developing sustainable production systems, which can evolve and adapt to changes in our fastpaced, global business environment.
Developing quantitative analytics and signals using advanced statistical, quantitative, or econometric techniques to improve the portfolio construction process and improve portfolio performance
Developing rigorous and scalable data management/analysis tools to support the investment process.
Developing quantitative risk analytics, including factor models, market risk, counterparty risk and liquidity risk.
Transforming concepts and ideas into robust software leveraging object oriented or functional programming languages.
Implementing mathematical models and analytics in productionquality software.

Qualifications
We are looking for profiles with different quantitative and soft skills amongst:

Background in a quantitative discipline (e.g. mathematics, engineering, physics, or computer science) with a preference for Masters and PhDs
Proficient in at least one programming language, and proven experience in production software development life cycle (SDLC)
Strong written/verbal communication skills: the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple and intuitive way
Strong teamwork skills are essential, great attention to detail, ability to multitask

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow.

Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York,we maintain offices around the world.