SECURITIES - EQUITY FLOW VOLATILITY STRATS ANALYST/ASSOCIATE

Job description

Job Summary & Responsibilities

YOUR IMPACT
Are you interested in solving complex business and quantitative problems with a real world impact?  
We are hiring new desk strats in the Equity Flow Volatility business.  This role has a strong focus on automation, requiring a quantitative individual with excellent technical skills.  As a desk strat, you will sit with our trading and sales teams as a critical part of the business, enabling you to make a significant impact in a fast paced and high pressure environment.

OUR IMPACT
The securities division’s core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.
Equity flow volatility strats are responsible for automation and pricing within the flow volatility business.  Our responsibilities range from the design and development of pricing models, quoting systems and exchange execution algorithms to automated trading and alpha strategies.  We have a critical role in the day to day operation of the desk, working closely with trading and sales to grow the equity franchise within the securities division.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
• Enhance profitability by developing automatic pricing and hedging strategies and automating manual workflows
• Design, develop and support highly reliable systems across a range of technologies in a structured, disciplined and fast-moving environment
• Improve execution quality and automated decision making with a focus on data analysis and a scientific approach to systems development
• Interact with trading, sales, technology and other teams as part of project work and support responsibilities

Basic Qualifications

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Quantitative, computer science or engineering academic background.
• Strong programming skills in an OO or functional paradigm (for example Java/C++/Python/Scala/Haskell).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• An understanding of equity derivatives trading and exchange listed derivatives
• An interest in statistical analysis of computational or business data.

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