Pricing Analyst Citco up to $200000 + bonus NYC

 

The Pricing Group is responsible for doing the valuations of derivatives securities globally The Pricing team must deal with Operations and P&L on a daily basis to resolve pricing issues and are soon moving into selling Risk Management Services (to be released this year).

 

Description:

·         Prepare market data prices necessary for pricing

·         Researching markets using Bloomberg and Reuters

·         Follow up and resolve questions on derivatives setups

·         Independent valuation of clients’ derivatives holdings

·         Resolve valuation differences on the derivatives with account managers/clients

·         Other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications required:

·         Ideal candidate will be quantitative in nature with a Masters/MBA/PhD in

Computer Science, Computer Programming or Financial Engineering.

·         At least 4-6+ yrs experience in hedge funds, derivatives valuation and risk management require

·         Prior experience in engineering, risk management, trading, corporate finance or the sciences will be considered

·         Experience in Mortgaged backed securities, Credit Default Swaps, etc. a big plus

·         Quick learner, strong attention to details, ability to take initiative

·         Interest in derivatives valuation, financial engineering, risk management

·         Quantitative skills include basic calculus, statistics and financial math

·         Technical skills include advanced Excel. Comfortable around IT and will need to

quickly learn Excel VBA, SQL, UNIX, etc.