Desk Quant:equity Finance - VP/Director Level - Tier 1 Bank

My Client is looking to add an experienced quant/strat to their London equities team at either VP or Director level. The Delta One structured products desk within the Equity division provides synthetic Equity exposure to clients via Equity Swaps and other derivatives; along with identifying and executing financing arbitrage opportunities.

This role sits on the trading desk and you will be actively involved in the desk flows, trading, risk management, P&L and client service. Focus is on technical skills and desire to build light weight bespoke solutions. Working closely with traders, marketers and the team to evolve new structures, the desk strategists provide tools for analysis, highly customized client solutions and new business opportunities.

Experience:
- 5+ years in a front office quant role supporting the equity business. (for outstanding candidates will consider other asset class and less experience)
- Should have strong business knowledge in Equities, Prime Brokerage, Derivatives, Swaps, Financing.
- C#, Java, KDB/KSQL, Excel VBA, SQL (Sybase/DB2), Perl

Education:
- Preferably Ph.D./PostDoc but Masters from a good university is fine.
- Must be in a numerate discipline (Engineering, Maths, Physics, etc.)

This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual who is willing to take on a senior role at a top tier bank. If you are keen on this opportunity, please respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to find out more please call me on 02074698955.
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