Quantitative Strategist (Emerging Markets) – Associate - Vice President

Deutsche Bank; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Generous vacation

Personal and volunteer days

Employee Resource Groups

Health and wellbeing benefits

Retirement savings plans

Parental leave

Family building benefits

Educational resources

Matching gift and volunteer programs

Job summary

Deutsche Bank is seeking a quantitative analytics-focused Associate–Vice President to lead the automation of PnL and risk processes and help migrate valuation to a single strategic analytics platform. The role partners with Trading, Structuring, Finance, Market Risk, Technology and Operations to scale the platform, covering Rates, Credit, and FX.

The ideal candidate has strong programming skills (Python/C++), solid math in stochastic calculus and numerical methods, and a background in finance or

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative analytics background and risk management experience.
• Practical pricing and risk management experience, especially exotics modelling on IR, credit and FX derivatives.
• Strong programming skills in Python or C++ in large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Automate all PnL processes and existing risk processes with controls.
• Develop solutions to automate reserves, IPV, aged inventory, funding curves, and support modeling/hedging databases.
• Collaborate with Trading, Structuring, Finance, Market Risk, Technology and Operations to build the analytics platform.
• Migrate risk management and valuation to a single strategic analytics platform, starting with Rates, Credit and FX Trading.

Skills

Quantitative analytics

Risk management

Pricing models

Programming in Python

Programming in C++

Stochastic calculus

Education

Computer Science / Mathematics / Financial Engineering / Quantitative Finance

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Corporate Title: Associate - Vice President

Location: New York, NY

Overview

Deutsche Bank’s Global Strategic Analytics combines expertise in quantitative analytics, modeling, pricing, and risk management with deep understanding of system architecture and programming. The primary output is a scalable and flexible Front Office pricing and risk management system with consistent interface to both the Middle Office and Back Office.

The consistency in analytics and the technology platform ensures that no arbitrage can exist between various parts of the Bank as well as rational allocation of constrained resources, including risk budget, balance sheet, funding, and capital.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Implementing the automation of all Pnl processes and existing risk processes and enable appropriate controls (market object, model choice, calibration choice, booking exception policy)
• Responsible for developing solutions to automate computation reserves, Independent Price Verification (IPV), aged inventory report, secured funding curves, and creation of database to support modeling and hedging algorithms
• Working in collaboration with Trading, Structuring, Finance, Market Risk, Technology and Operations to support and drive the build-out of strategic analytics platform
• Migrate all businesses risk management and valuation to the single strategic analytics platform, starting with Rates, Credit and Foreign Exchange (FX) Trading

How You’ll Lead

• Collaborate with the global Strats team in London, New York, and Asia Pacific
• Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders, both within Strategic Analytics group and beyond
• Contribute to the strategic direction and evolution of the platform

Skills You’ll Need

• Previous experience working within a quantitative analyst position, ideally within an Investment Banking or Financial services company
• Strong quantitative analytic and modelling understanding with practical pricing and risk management experience especially on exotics modelling on interest rates, credit and FX derivative space
• Strong programming skills utilizing languages such as Python or C++ in large-scale environment
• Strong understanding of math skills in probability, stochastic calculus, and numerical methods

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Academic background in Computer Science / Mathematics / Financial Engineering / Quantitative Finance
• Ability to work on both “back end” (analytics/pricing code) as well as “front end” (user-facing application / user interface (UI) code)
• An open mind and aspiration to use, learn, and extend a large codebase designed to solve complex business problems

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York City office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $155,000 to $252,500. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.