Global Banking & Markets, Credit SMM Strat, VP, London London United Kingdom Vice President

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global banking firm is seeking a Desk Strat to work on the credit desk in London. The role involves developing pricing and risk models, collaborating with sales and trading teams, and creating analytics for credit products. Ideal candidates will hold a quantitative degree and possess significant programming experience, strong problem-solving abilities, and excellent communication skills. Join a dynamic team dedicated to driving business decisions in a complex financial environment.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative and technical problem-solving skills.
• Drive to learn new ideas and good judgment.
• Ability to deliver quick yet robust solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing, risk, and capital models for bonds and credit derivatives.
• Collaborate with sales and traders.
• Create large-scale analytics and risk systems.

Skills

Quantitative problem-solving

Technical proficiency

Communication skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelor's/MS or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Object-oriented programming

Job description

Global Banking & Markets, Credit SMM Strat, VP, London location_on London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

MORE ABOUT THIS JOB

Your Impact

As a Desk Strat on the credit desk, you will work directly with the firm's Investment Grade, High Yield, Distressed Credit, Macro Credit, Financing, and Systematic Market Making trading desks. You will develop cutting-edge pricing, risk, and quoting models, large-scale real-time risk systems, generate analytics and prediction models for capital and liquidity, and devise strategies to optimize risk management and client service.

Our Impact

Quantitative strategists play a vital role at the forefront of our business, solving real-world problems using various analytical methods. Collaborating closely with traders and sales teams, their quantitative insights drive our business decisions on complex financial and technical challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing, risk, and capital models for bonds and credit derivatives.
• Collaborate with sales and traders on strategies to navigate changing market and risk conditions and support structured credit transactions.
• Create large-scale analytics, quoting, and real-time risk systems for credit products.
• Build data-driven prediction models for quoting and liquidity across various credit products.

Who We Look For

Ideal candidates will have strong quantitative and technical problem-solving skills, a drive to learn new ideas, and good judgment to deliver quick yet robust solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's/MS or PhD in a quantitative field such as Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Significant experience coding in an object-oriented programming language.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and deliver accurate results promptly.
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to explain underlying principles.