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One of the most prestigious banks on Wall Street is looking for QUANTATITIVE MODELLERs to join the CHICAGO Desk for this global EQUITY business.
Other positions exist in NY, London and Tokyo. Please indicate your location preference.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AT LEAST 1 YEAR OF EQUITY OR EQUITY DERIVATIVES QUANTITATIVE OR FINANCIAL ENGINEERING WORK EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING TRADING MODELS AND TOOLS, AND TRADE/INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT.
This is a unique opportunity requiring you to support the Chicago and New York-based EQUITIES Desk as a quantitative person.
You will work as part of a Global quant and quant-development group.
YOU WILL BE ANALYZING, MODELLING AND TESTING APPROXIMATELY 50-40% OF THE TIME AND CODING IN C++ 50-60% OF THE TIME, SO YOU MUST WANT AND KNOW THE TECHNICAL TOOLS, LANGUAGES AND PLATFORMS. THIS IS A TRADING DESK/ROOM POSITION…
You will work with leading thinkers, managers, traders, quants, modelers and developers.
Requirements
REQUIREMENTS (ALL ARE MUST HAVES!!!)
THIS IS A PERMANENT POSITION, requiring the successful candidate to work in Chicago for at least 2 years.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AT LEAST 1 YEAR OF EQUITY OR EQUITIES DERIVATIVES EXPERIENCE AT A RECOGNIZED FIRM.
Must have a BS degree a Top-ten US, UK or European School, an advanced degree in Mathematics/stats/or related area AS WELL AS a MS or PhD, from a leading top-ten school, in hard science area or Computer Science or Engineering.
Preference given to those candidates in Chicago.
Must be passionate about applying mathematics to business problems and designing models that support equity trading activities.
MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 1-5 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WORKING ON A EQUITIES TRADING DESK DEVELOPING MODELS OR C++ Development, SUPPORTING trading SYSTEMS or analytic real-time systems, within the financial services industry…
MUST BE AN EXPERT IN C++(YOU WILL BE TESTED/SCREENED IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF C++) and willing to learn a proprietary object oriented trading system language as well as other tools such as Mathlab, SAS, etc…
Current knowledge of EQUITIES AND EQUITIES DERIVATIVES IS MANDATORY.
Must work well in a global environment, heavily interfacing with European, Asian and American regions.
MAY REQUIRE FUTURE RELOCATION TO NEW YORK OR LONDON.
LONGER TERM, YOU MUST BE FLEXIBLE IN WHERE YOU WILL BE LOCATED, POSSIBLY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD’S MAJOR FINANCIAL CENTERS…
Must be a go getter…
Must think outside of the box…
Strong work ethic and professional posture.
Excellent communications skills, both oral and written.
Ability to lead and take charge to take a brilliant idea, evaluate it, model it, test and back test it and implement it in a trading environment.
Must be a solid team player with capabilities to work independently as necessary.
APPLY IN CONFIDENCE…