Trading Risk Manager/Desk Quant - Equity Volatility
The firm manages over $10 billion in a variety of systematic and discretionary strategies across asset classes. This hire will join the risk team to cover the growing Discretionary Equity Vol business.
Overall, discretionary trading in Equity, Commodity, and Fixed Income Volatility is growing, and this hybrid risk manager/desk quant function is contributing to smart risk-taking decisions in the front office. The team does not believe in a silo approach - risk managers are integrated on desk, actively engaging with Portfolio Managers and Traders throughout the day to optimize strategies, provide ad hoc analysis and tooling, and manage risk in real time.
This hire will be assessing cross-trader risk, cross-market risk, and evaluating trader performance. Being able to face off with traders in a collaborative fashion is essential - this is not a risk police or risk oversight function. The goal is to increase PnL and grow the discretionary business through sound trading decision-making and risk management.
Culture in this team is very hands on, and candidates will be expected to have proficient coding skills as well as the commercial knowledge to understand strategies and provide insights and advice from a risk perspective. This is a specialist hire - expertise with Equity Derivatives trading and Equity Volatility strategies is a must in order to succeed.
Candidates with a combination of buy side + sell side experience are welcome to apply.
Requirements:
- Advanced degree in Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field
- Deep knowledge of equity markets - single stock options, index options, dispersion trading, options market making, equity volatility arbitrage, VIX products, or linear equity factor modeling experience
- Proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, etc.) or a similar scripting language
- Ideally 10+ years of direct experience; open to strong junior candidates with 5+ years direct experience
- Commercial understanding of equity markets + trading
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