
Lead Quantitative Strategist - Vice President - Director
- New York City, NY
- $200,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
- A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
- Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
- Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
- Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs
- Work in partnership with Trading, Structuring, Technology, and Operations to drive the build-out of the strategic analytics platforms
- Design and development of analytics for whole loan and securitized trading desks in Kannon platform
- Responsible for implementing functionalities for end of day (EOD) and generating market data in Kannon to support risk and capital management for securitized products
- Strong focus on business-driven opportunities and bringing innovative and quantitative ideas to solve complex problems for the desk
- Foster a collaborative and supportive environment by helping junior members of the team and encouraging them to grow their experience
- Collaborate with the global Strats team in London, New York, and Asia Pacific
- Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders, both within Strategic Analytics group and beyond
- Contribute to the strategic direction and evolution of the platform
- Strong object-oriented programming skills in C++ / Python, or other object-oriented language, A background in computer science is a plus
- Experience working on large scale software development projects in C++ and/or Python
- Working experience in risk analytics and development for non-agency, agency RMBS, CMBS and other securitized products
- Excellent written / verbal communication skills
- Ability to multi-task different projects, prioritize in a fast-paced production environment, attention to detail, and excellent problem solving/numerical skills
- Previous strats/quant/developer experience working in a front office / trading floor environment
- Knowledge of interest rate derivatives products, risk and P&L, market data is a plus
- Academic background in Computer Science / Mathematics / Financial Engineering / Quantitative Finance
- Ability to work on both “back end” (analytics/pricing code) as well as “front end” (user-facing application / user interface (UI) code)
- An open mind and aspiration to use, learn, and extend a large codebase designed to solve complex business problems