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

Job description

Job Summary & Responsibilities

YOUR IMPACT
Are you interested in solving complex quantitative problems with a real world impact?
We are looking to make a junior hire in our Desk Strat team, working with the European Macro Credit Trading business.  Our business trades Credit Index, Index Options, Index Tranches, Index Hybrids, and Bond ETFs.  The role requires capabilities in modeling, software development, and capital management.  We sit on the trading floor next to the trading team, exposing us to a dynamic pressured 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 with trading desk team to price transactions and manage risk in the front office
* Optimizing the deployment of capital within the business
* 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

Basic Qualifications  
*Undergraduate Degree in a quantitative subject, e.g. math, physics, finance, computer science.
* Strong programming skills
* Familiarity with at least basic financial modelling, e.g. Black-Scholes
* Ability to work in a dynamic environment and to deliver results quickly
* Ability to solve problems and to explain the ideas that underlie them to non-technical clients and colleagues

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications  
* Good Knowledge of financial derivatives and stochastic calculus
* Master’s degree or PhD
* Proficiency in C++

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