Analyst/Associate, Systematic Trading Strategist

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Job Description Seeking an established mid-level candidate to join the systematic trading strats pod within our FICC E-Trading & Market Structure (front office/in-business) horizontal team. This NY based role will focus supporting the Credit systematic trading ecosystem, which includes, algo trading, portfolio trading, and ETF creation/redemption activities. The strats pod is responsible for contributing to the development of systematic market-making algorithms, developing quantitative trading strategies/methods, building desk tools and analytics, as well as analyzing and promoting market structure developments and e-trading strategy. The role requires a combination of quantitative, business and technical expertise and as such requires close co-operation with our partners in trading and technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Generating, testing, and implementing systematic trading ideas and strategies
• Building frameworks, tools, and visualizations (e.g. workflow, risk exhaustion, P&L attribution, hedging)
• Building reports, analytics and visualizations related to business performance
• Enhancing/optimizing activity related to ETF primary, systematic corporate bond trading, and portfolio trading
• Communicating and managing technology/quant related requirements and initiatives to senior management
• Monitoring and guiding e-trading performance through the creation of analytics and reporting
• Conducting in-depth data analysis of markets, strategy performance, AMM/HMM execution, etc.
• Working closely with our technology and quant partners to guide product development and collaborate on projects

Required Qualifications

• Academic background at undergraduate/masters level in finance or STEM subjects or equivalent work experience
• Strong programming skills in Python, KDB, SQL
• 2-5 years of financial industry experience
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Credit markets
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and strong attention to detail necessary
• Understanding of Credit electronic trading platforms/protocols and familiarity with bond/swap products is beneficial
• Must work well in a collaborative team environment; have ability to learn quickly and be able to take on new responsibilities

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40