Front Office Quant

KBC NV; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Permanent contract

Flexible working hours

Competitive remuneration package

On-site location in Brussels/Leuven

Résumé du poste

KBC NV is seeking a Front Office Quant to join the dealing room within KBC Financial Markets in Brussels. You will develop pricing models, analytical tools, and data-driven insights to support traders and sales in real time.

The role blends quantitative finance, modelling, software development, and data analytics, with exposure to derivatives pricing and market analytics. You will work in a fast-paced environment, delivering robust, scalable solutions and collaborating with quantitative

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Physics, Engineering or related quantitative discipline.

Responsabilités

• Develop, implement and maintain pricing models for financial products.
• Build robust tools that enable traders and sales teams to analyse risks, scenarios and trading positions.
• Perform quantitative research on market behaviour, including volatility, liquidity dynamics and hedging strategies.
• Translate complex or partially specified business requirements into quantitative analyses, models and technical implementations.
• Develop, test and continuously improve models while maintaining documentation in line with internal and external standards to support validation processes.
• Respond to ad hoc requests from the dealing room as market conditions and business needs evolve.
• Take full end-to-end ownership, from defining the approach and setting priorities through implementation, deployment and ongoing optimisation in production environments.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve models, analytics and processes through innovation and automation.

Connaissances

Programming skills

Quantitative analysis

Data analytics

Communication

Formation

Master’s degree or PhD in Mathematics/Quantitative Finance/Physics/Engineering

Outils

Murex

Bloomberg

Sophis

Description du poste

Asset Management, Securities Services and Markets

As a Front Office Quant, you will work at the heart of the dealing room within KBC Financial Markets. You will develop quantitative models, analytical tools and data-driven insights that enable traders and sales professionals to make informed decisions in real time. Your role sits at the intersection of quantitative finance, mathematical modelling, software development and data analytics. One day, you may be enhancing a derivatives pricing model; the next, building a solution to analyse market movements, risk exposures or trading positions.
You will operate in a complex and fast-paced market environment where models need to be theoretically sound, robust, scalable and readily deployable within the dealing room. As a result, your work will have a direct impact on daily trading activities and decision-making processes.
You will join a team of quantitative modellers and developers who investigate and implement quantitative algorithms that make a tangible difference for the business. The role offers significant intellectual freedom, allowing you to combine in-depth quantitative analysis with hands‑on implementation while collaborating closely with fellow quantitative experts.
Financial Markets is KBC's connection to the global capital markets. From our dealing rooms in Brussels, Prague, Bratislava, Budapest, Sofia, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore, we provide expertise in equity, foreign exchange and interest rate products for corporates, financial institutions and other KBC clients.

What do we expect from you?

• Develop, implement and maintain pricing models for financial products.
• Build robust tools that enable traders and sales teams to analyse risks, scenarios and trading positions.
• Perform quantitative research on market behaviour, including volatility, liquidity dynamics and hedging strategies.
• Translate complex or partially specified business requirements into quantitative analyses, models and technical implementations.
• Develop, test and continuously improve models while maintaining documentation in line with internal and external standards to support validation processes.
• Respond to ad hoc requests from the dealing room as market conditions and business needs evolve.
• Take full end-to-end ownership, from defining the approach and setting priorities through implementation, deployment and ongoing optimisation in production environments.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve models, analytics and processes through innovation and automation.

Your key strengths?

• You hold a Master’s degree or PhD in Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Physics, Engineering or a related quantitative discipline.
• You have a strong foundation in stochastic calculus, numerical methods and financial modelling.
• You possess excellent programming skills and have experience with object-oriented or procedural programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java or comparable technologies. You can quickly adapt to new programming languages and frameworks
• You enjoy working with data and leveraging quantitative analysis to solve complex business challenges.
• You have a genuine interest in financial markets and financial products.
• Knowledge of derivatives and hedging strategies is considered a plus.
• Experience within a dealing room environment or with trading platforms such as Murex, Sophis or Bloomberg is a strong asset.
• You can explain complex quantitative and technical concepts clearly to traders, sales professionals and other stakeholders.
• You work independently, remain effective under pressure and can balance multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• You communicate effectively and diplomatically with a broad range of stakeholders.
• You are fluent in English. Knowledge of Dutch and/or French is an advantage.

What can we offer you?

• An excellent onboarding experience, a collaborative culture and an engaging working environment.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities throughout your career at KBC, enabling you to further strengthen both your technical and interpersonal skills.
• A permanent contract with a competitive remuneration package and comprehensive benefits. While many organisations offer similar promises, KBC differentiates itself through an extensive and highly flexible benefits package that we will be pleased to discuss during the recruitment process.
• Your primary work location will be Brussels (or Leuven), where you will collaborate closely with colleagues from the dealing room.
• Flexible working hours that allow you to balance your professional and personal commitments effectively.

Can you help us make the difference?

A continuous learning environment, among bright, passionate people. Performance-focused, fast-moving and open to initiatives — the place-to-be to grow in the fascinating weird world of derivatives

Respect and inclusion are core values at KBC. We believe that the individuality of our employees and the diversity of our teams are key to achieving great things. That’s why we recruit new employees based on talent and motivation, regardless of their background or story.

We work closely together to be the reference in the financial sector by innovating, greening and connecting. Interested in joining a ‘Top Employer’ and contributing to new ideas and solutions that help our customers and society move forward?

KBC moves with you, even during your career path.