Job Description:
Job Title
Credit Algo Quantitative Strategist
Location
London
Corporate Title
Vice President
This role sits within the European Credit Trading business and will play a key role in the continued build out of our algorithmic and systematic trading capabilities.
You will join the team with a quantitative background and work on electronic and automatic dealing of corporate bonds and credit exchange traded funds (ETFs).
This role is focused on dealing bonds and ETFs to customers and requires experience at a securities dealer or similar firm.
The role is highly technical, quantitative and focused on idea generation and data analysis, requiring strong coding skills, statistics and a track record of significant statistical analysis.
What we'll offer you
A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.
You can expect:
- Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
- Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
- 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
- Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
- A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
- The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days' volunteering leave per year
Your key responsibilities
- Working on and taking ownership of aspects of electronic and automatic trading strategy including customer, competitor and market analysis, Algo design and implementation, voice trader partnership
- Ensuring that the reasoning, thought process and analysis behind all work is well understood and agreed upon
- Form strong partnerships to collaborate across the Bank including with engineering and technology, voice trading and the broad quantitative trading community
Your skills and experience
- A track record of delivering analysis and strategy in automatic bond trading, including customer facing trading, at a dealer or similar firm
- Specific experience in one or more of United States Dollars (USD) or Euro (EUR) cash corporates, USD or EUR government bonds, USD municipals experience/ understanding is highly desirable
- Educated to bachelor's degree level or equivalent qualification/relevant work experience in statistics or a related field
- An understanding of the institutional bond market
- Strong coding skills with experience/ understanding of languages such as R, Python, kdb/q
- Clear understanding of Algos with Algo coding skills desirable (Java or C++)
How we'll support you
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
- We value diversity and as an equal opportunities' employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (for example, screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)
About us
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We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.