Dear All,
Hope this mail finds you in great spirits!!
We have an opening for Quantitative Specialist Position with one of our client companies in Bangalore.
Our client is one of the largest investment companies in the United States with over $1.1 trillion of assets under management. It is a privately held company, owned by its employees. It has strong revenue and asset growth, supported by marketing and distribution prowess, as well as very strong systems, trading and issuer access. Research forms a core part of its overall investment approach.
Quantitative Specialist (Manager) - India:
Job Description
The Quantitative Speciliast will work closely with Quant analysts in fixed income securities valuation and portfolio risk modeling. The job involves application of mathematical techniques to challenging investment questions and communicating the ideas and results back to the investment people. The job also provides the opportunity to create models and tools (typically implemented in Excel, Visual Basic, MATLAB, C, or C++) that will help portfolio managers, analysts and traders perform their jobs more effectively, thus improving the investment process.
This is a unique opportunity to learn a great deal about investments and be in a highly visible position where you will interact with all investment professionals in one of the premier Fixed Income investment management departments in the world. India quant associates are extended team members of the fixed income team located in Merrimack, NH
Qualifications
The preferred background is either Bachelor¢s or Master¢s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Engineering etc) from a top tier institution as well as some programming experience in C, C++ or VB. This position offers a great opportunity to learn about fixed income and finance theories. We are seeking individuals who are passionate about investments and the mind set to achieve quick results to implement models and tools for improving investment performance. Knowledge of quantitative tools like Matlab and S-Plus is a big plus.
Examples of work:
1. Data gathering and analysis for different sectors ( Ex. Mortgage loans )
2. Prototyping new models ( Ex. TIPS )
3. Backtesting of the models ( Ex. Model fit , Model performance )
4. Maintenance of existing models (Ex. Asset allocation )
5. Optimization tools (Ex. Allocation , Portfolio optimization )
6. Creation and maintenance of interactive tools in Excel VBA/Matlab/s- plus ( Ex. Portfolio cloning )
PS: We are looking for people with strong academics credentials like IIT, IISc, IIM with M. Tech/Ph.d./MBA with 4-5 years of relevant experience.
If you are interested in this opening or many more opening in the field of Business Research, Finance or Consulting do send across an updated copy of your resume to ravi@pylonmc. com
Best Regards,
Ravi Shankar
Pylon Management Consulting Pvt Ltd
Koramangala, Bangalore
Web: www.pylonmc. com | E Mail: ravi@pylonmc. com | Ph: +91-98863 94381
