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Mumbai, India

Senior Quant Modeller

Our client is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. We seek for a Senior Model Risk Quant who can work from Mumbai for a fast-growing team which is spread around the globe who’ll be responsible for all the risk management of model validation, risk assessment and governance acting as a second line of defence within the firm.

 

Please contact Rajat Hegde or email your cv directly in word format with job reference no. Jo0000006949 to riskandquants-in@theedgepartnership.com

 

Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 5 business days, we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.

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Key responsibilities

  • Seek to provide independent review and validation compliant with Model Risk Management policies and procedures, regulatory guidance.
  • Working on enhancing the quality of Model Risk Management on frequent bases as per financial markets and trends.
  • Apart from being an Individual Contributor, also manage a team of Quants and Consultants who independently review Investment Management Models.
  • Responsible for end-to-end delivery of Model Risk Management related deliverables.
  • Represent Model Risk Management team in interactions with regulatory and audit agencies as required.

Role requirements

  • Masters or Doctorate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, or Financial Mathematics.
  • 6 + years of work experience in a Quant role in Model Risk and / or in Investment Management, Trading, Stress Testing, and Asset Management.
  • Relevant professional certifications like CQF, CFA, CAIA is an added advantage.
  • Good programming skills set in Python / R /MATLAB or similar programming languages.
  • Strong written & verbal communication skills including debating issues and making formal presentations.