Equity Derivatives Quant - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client a large US Investment Bank is seeking a quant to work within the equity derivatives team expanding our structured products business.

This is an opportunity to work on a greenfield project with a lot of business focus, making use of advanced financialmodels and using cutting edge technologies such as GPU computing.

A successful applicant will work on the trading floor working in partnership with equity structuring, sales & trading, as well as technology, operations, and other support partners as we seekto grow the equity derivatives business.

The role requires commercial aptitude and technical skills, as well as an ability to work in a fast paced environment.

Responsibilities include:

Creating and deploying new pricing and valuation models for structured products.
Creating tools to improve the efficiency and profitability of the trading business
Automating key processes from pricing and quoting through to payments and barrier monitoring.

Competencies and Skills we are looking for:

Excellent object orientated programming skills. Previous development / python experience required, and C++ experience preferred
Strong analytical skills
Excellent communication skills and an ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Pricing and hedging exotic equity derivatives and structured notes
Working in a front office role, or within a team directly supporting traders and/or salespersons
Working in global teams, dealing with different parts of an institution especially coordinating with technology colleagues