Securities, FICC, Credit Trading Strats, Analyst/Associate, London

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Job Summary & Responsibilities

YOUR IMPACT
Are you interested in solving complex quantitative problems with a real world impact?
We are looking to make a key hire to join the Desk Strat team, working with the European Credit Trading business. The role requires capabilities in modeling, software development, capital management, and quantitative marketing and structuring. Desk Strats sit with Trading and Sales, exposing them to a dynamic and high-pressure environment.

OUR IMPACT
The Securities divisions’ 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.

The Strats business unit is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological expertise to solve complex business problems. Working within the firm’s trading, sales, banking and investment management divisions, strats use their mathematical and scientific training to create financial products, advise clients on transactions, measure risk, and identify market opportunities.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
* Working as part of the trading desk team to price transactions and manage risk in the front office
* Optimizing the deployment of capital within the business
* Using statistical modeling and machine learning to optimize the credit trading franchise
* Developing new financial models for credit trading
* Building and maintaining a complete trading and risk management platform
* Assisting in the marketing and structuring of transactions where substantial analytics or infrastructure are required
* Assisting in Firmwide Strategies initiatives

Basic Qualifications

* Mathematical or Financial background, including a quantitative understanding of probability
* Advanced programming skills
* Ability to work in a dynamic environment and to deliver results extremely quickly
* Ability to solve problems and to explain the ideas that underlie them to non-technical clients and colleagues
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

* Knowledge of machine learning techniques and systems
* Knowledge of stochastic calculus and financial derivatives
* Advanced degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) discipline

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