Quantitative Analyst - Jersey City, United States - Pyramid Consulting

Description

Immediate need for a talented Quantitative Analyst. This is a 12+ months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Jersey City, NJ or Dallas, TX or Tampa, FL or Boston, MA???????(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

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Pay Range: $80/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• We are looking for a consultant to join the Quantitative Risk Management group (QRM), which is responsible for quantitative model development and performance assessment including model performance monitoring (MPM) and backtesting (BT).
• The consultant will support the backtest and MPM process. Specific Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain backtest model.
• Assist with backtest reporting and diagnostics.
• Assist with ad hoc model risk analyses as needed.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• 5+ years of working experience and must have 3+ years of hands-on experience in quantitative models, research, with deep understanding on VaR and backtesting as well as statistical applications.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Have a general knowledge about the financial market, products, risk management (such as VaR modeling) and risk metrics (such as backtesting).
• Solid programming skills in data processing language such as SQL, Python.
• A Masters degree in a quantitative field, preferably in applied economics, econometrics, statistics or financial engineering, PhD with similar background is preferred.

Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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