Global Banking & Markets, FX Option Strat, Associate/Senior Analyst, London

Goldman Sachs, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment bank is seeking an FX Option Strat, Associate/Senior Analyst in London. You will develop and maintain FX option pricing models and collaborate on solutions for clients in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate has a strong quantitative background and relevant experience in financial modeling. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work on impactful projects in a bustling trading floor atmosphere.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion programs

Professional development offerings

Qualifications

• Excellent academic record with a quantitative or engineering degree.
• 1-3 years of experience in a quantitative financial modelling role.
• Experience of foreign exchange derivative models preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain new and existing FX option pricing models.
• Collaborate with trading and sales to provide solutions for clients.
• Analyze risk of the firm's option books.

Skills

Analytical skills

Programming skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in quantitative or engineering field

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25.08.2025

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Global Banking & Markets, FX Option Strat, Associate/Senior Analyst, London

Global Banking & Markets

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Divisional Overview

As a Global Banking & Markets Strat, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. You may create cutting-edge derivative pricing models and empirical models that provide insight into market behavior, or develop automated trading algorithms for the firm and its clients. You might be involved in analyzing exposures and structuring transactions to meet client needs, or in designing and developing complex parallel computing architectures, electronic trading tools, and advanced algorithms. Throughout Global Banking & Markets, Strats are using quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, improve and maintain new and existing FX option pricing models, from volatility surfaces to multi-factor exotic models.
• Develop, improve and maintain risk reports, stress scenarios and analyze risk of the firm's option books.
• Collaborate with trading and sales to provide innovative solutions for clients and optimize ongoing business.
• Expand our foreign exchange options franchise by working on new business initiatives with global impact.

Qualifications:

• Excellent academic record with Bachelor, Masters or in a quantitative or engineering field, mathematics, quantitative finance, physics, computational finance, computer science, engineering.
• Strong analytical and programming skills.
• 1-3 years of experience in a quantitative financial modelling role. Experience of foreign exchange derivative models preferred.
• Creative problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to a variety of audiences including trading and sales (in writing and verbally).
• Ability to work independently but also thrive as part of a global team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we meet our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development programs to benefits, wellness, and personal finance offerings.

We are committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: //goldmansachs/careers/footer/

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