Supervisor - Financial Engineering

Quest Oracle Community; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Citco is seeking a quantitative risk professional to maintain and enhance risk models for pricing and risk measurement on OTC derivatives. You will work on Greeks, VAR and performance attribution, including Brinson attribution and multi-factor methods, while designing new analytic models for hard-to-value instruments.

Ideal candidates hold a quantitative degree with 2-4 years of Financial Services experience and programming knowledge (Java/Python/C++/VBA).

Qualifications

• Bachelor or master in quantitative fields; CFA/FRM/CQF a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance risk models for pricing, Greeks, VAR and risk measures on OTC derivatives.
• Enhance performance attribution models such as Brinson attribution and multi-factor methods.
• Design and test new analytical models for hard-to-value derivatives.
• Spec changes to risk infrastructure; collaborate with IT for implementation.
• Maintain documentation for risk systems and analytics.
• Provide periodic tutorials to Risk team for self-sufficiency.

Skills

Quant Finance

Financial Modeling

Programming

Databases

Education

Bachelor/Master in Quant/Engineering

Tools

SQL

Oracle

Job description

Job Description

About Citco:

The market leader. The premier provider. The best in the business. At Citco, we've been the front-runner in our field since our incorporation in 1948 led to the evolution of the asset servicing sector itself. This pioneering spirit continues to guide us today as we innovate and expand, push beyond the boundaries of our industry, and shape its future. From working exclusively with hedge funds to serving all alternatives, corporations and private clients, our organization has grown immensely across asset classes and geographies. For us, this progress is a pattern that we'll only maintain as we move forward, always prioritizing our performance. So for those who want to play at the top of their game and be at the vanguard of their space, we say: Welcome to Citco.

About the Team & Business Line:

Fund Administration is Citco's core business, and our alternative asset and accounting service is one of the industry's most respected. Our continuous investment in learning and technology solutions means our people are equipped to deliver a seamless client experience.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for

• Maintaining and enhancing current risk models for pricing, generating Greeks/sensitivities, scenario analysis, VAR and other risk measures attributed to various financial instruments. Large focus will be on OTC derivatives like IR Swaps, CDS, Options; various curve construction
• Maintaining and enhancing performance attribution models like Brinson Attribution, multi-factor attribution, alpha decomposition, various chain linking methods, etc.
• Designing and testing new analytical models for financial instruments not covered currently, hard to value derivatives
• Spec'ing out the requested changes to Risk infrastructure, work closely with IT to get them implemented
• Maintaining documentation for various parts of risk infrastructure
• Providing periodic tutorials to Risk team on our infrastructure, analytics, etc. so that global team can be more self-sufficient
• Working on projects for improving coverage of products, risk services as well as infrastructure
• Providing support for client and internal escalation queries where deep dive into internal models, analytics and systems is required
• Staying up to date with market developments, changes in standards for risk/performance analytics and make sure Citco Risk group stays ahead of the curve

Qualifications

About You:

• You have a Bachelor or Master level degree in Quantitative Finance, Engineering or other Analytical subjects. Additional qualifications like CFA or FRM or CQF is a plus
• 2-4 years of experience in Financial Services, preferably with exposure to Quantitative Modeling, Market Risk, Performance Analytics
• Financial Modeling, Mathematical and advanced Quantitative skills
• Understanding of basic algorithms, coding experience with Java, Python, C++, VBA or any other language is a plus
• Experience with Databases SQL, Oracle and working with large data sets