Commodities Quantitative Strategist

Australian Investors Association; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Commodities Quantitative Strategist to join their dynamic team in London. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with trading and risk teams, utilizing your expertise in modern C++ and Python to enhance the pricing and risk functionalities of their strategic platform. You will play a crucial role in supporting trading operations, improving existing codebases, and delivering innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment. With a commitment to employee development and well-being, this firm provides a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and a range of flexible benefits to ensure a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary

30 days’ holiday

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Experience in modern C++ and Python development.
• Strong quantitative and risk management skills in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of work within commodity derivatives and structured products.
• Provide desk support to trading for Risk and P&L analysis.

Skills

C++

Python

Risk Management

Quantitative Analysis

P&L Calculation

Communication Skills

Job description

Commodities Quantitative Strategist

Job ID:R0386884 Full/Part-Time: Full-time Regular/Temporary: Regular Listed: 2025-05-02 Location: London

Position Overview

Job Title Commodities Quantitative Strategist

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) is part of Group Chief Operation Office (COO) which acts as the bridge between the Bank’s businesses and infrastructure functions to help deliver the efficiency, control, and transformation goals of the Bank.

The Commodities Strats team, within GSA, is accountable for the pricing, risk, and profit & loss (P&L) functionality across commodity and commodity index within the banks strategic Kannon platform. You will be a member of a small team based in London assisting trading, structuring, middle/back office functions, risk and finance to use the platform. Alongside this, you would be performing analysis, design and implementation of extensions to the platform to facilitate new initiatives or remedy identified issues.

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

• Support the delivery of an immediate book of work already identified within the commodity derivatives, commodity indices and structured products businesses
• Provide desk support to trading to help analyse Risk and P&L issues day to day
• Continuously improving the existing codebase in a rapidly changing environment, to be able to efficiently develop new functionality
• Work closely with Traders, Risk, Finance and other stakeholders to understand requirements and design strategic solutions

Your skills and experience

• Experienced primarily in modern C++ and Python development
• Knowledge of front-office risk and P&L calculation with Investment Banking Front-Office application delivery experience.
• Excellent quantitative, modelling, pricing and risk management skills, demonstrated within a financial services environment
• Good understanding of commodity derivative products
• Able to multi-task different projects and prioritise against tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to explain complex requirements in an easily understandable and effective way
  

How we’ll support you

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• 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

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.