Junior Quantitative Advisor, Quantitative Investment Strategies - Corporate & Investment banking - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Societe Generale; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Societe Generale SA Montreal seeks a junior quantitative professional to support front-office analytics within the ARD team. You will contribute to designing, implementing, and maintaining systematic strategies, data pipelines, and risk monitoring with a practical, solution-oriented mindset.

Ideal candidates have a Master’s in a quantitative field, strong Python skills, and the ability to communicate across technical and non-technical partners.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in a quantitative, financial engineering role.
• Strong foundation in quantitative modelling, statistics, numerical methods, and financial-market concepts.
• Proficiency in Python and sound software-development practices, with exposure to OO or statistical languages beneficial.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with emphasis on data quality and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of systematic strategies as part of SG’s QIS platform.
• Contribute to daily production activities: calculations, rebalancing, reporting, data-quality checks.
• Develop monitoring frameworks, controls, and diagnostic tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborate with trading, risk, engineering, and other stakeholders to inform decisions.

Skills

Python

Quantitative modelling

Data quality

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in quantitative finance

Job description

ResponsibilitiesABOUT THE ROLE

Within Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, the Global Markets Division provides integrated investment, financing, execution, and risk-management solutions to corporate and institutional clients. The successful candidate will join the Applied Research and Development (ARD) team in Montreal and contribute to a broad range of front-office quantitative activities supporting the development, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of analytics, models, controls, and production processes.This Associate-level role is designed for a junior quantitative professional who combines strong analytical and programming skills with intellectual curiosity and a practical approach to problem-solving. The scope is intentionally flexible and may evolve across quantitative investment strategies, model risk management, pricing and risk analytics, production monitoring, and platform development according to business priorities.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

support the design, implementation, maintenance of systematic strategies part of the SGI platform (SG’s QIS platform).Contribute to daily production activities, including calculations, rebalancing, reporting, data-quality checks, and investigation of exceptions.Develop and enhance quantitative monitoring frameworks, controls, and diagnostic tools to improve accuracy, robustness, and operational efficiency.Build reusable tools and improve data integration, coding architecture, automation, and platform capabilities.Perform quantitative analysis to support business decisions, product development, risk management, and process improvement.Work with local and global stakeholders across trading, structuring, engineering, risk, and other partner functions.Maintain clear, accurate documentation of models, methodologies, controls, and operating procedures.

Profile required

PROFILE

We are looking for a collaborative and rigorous quantitative professional who can work across several topics, learn quickly, and translate analytical needs into reliable solutions. The candidate should be comfortable balancing quantitative analysis, software development and production support.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, or a related discipline


• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in a quantitative, financial engineering


• Strong foundation in quantitative modelling, statistics, numerical methods, and financial‑market concepts.


• Proficiency in Python and sound software‑development practices; experience with an additional object‑oriented or statistical programming language is beneficial.


• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with careful attention to data quality, controls, and implementation detail.


• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.


• Ability to manage several priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining a high standard of accuracy and documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to derivatives, pricing and systematic investment strategies.


• Experience with data analysis, automation, production monitoring, testing frameworks, or control design.


• Familiarity with financial regulations and model governance principles is an asset.

LANGUAGE: Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Due to US Federal Securities law that may apply to this position, candidates who will apply for this position may be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third‑party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (\"FINRA\").

Why join us

Business insight

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

OUR CULTURE:

At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes.

Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)

D&I:

• Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.


• Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate


• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents


• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-diversity/)

USE OF AI GUIDELINES FOR CANDIDATES:

Société Générale permits responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruitment. Information provided by candidates must authentically reflect their own skills and experience. AI must not be used for real‑time interview coaching, to complete assessments, or to generate responses during interviews. Misuse may undermine the integrity of the process and result in exclusion. This restriction does not apply to assistive technologies used for accessibility or disability-related purposes.