At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. Business Consulting QAS- Quantitative Trading Book (QTB) Profile: Quant Analyst/ Consultant/ Manager Description EY's Financial Services Office (FSO) is a unique, industry-focused business unit that provides a broad range of integrated services that leverage deep industry experience with strong functional capability and product knowledge. FSO practice provides integrated advisory services to financial institutions and other capital markets participants, including commercial banks, investment banks, broker-dealers, asset managers (traditional and alternative), insurance and energy trading companies, and the Corporate Treasury functions of leading Fortune 500 Companies. The service offerings provided by the FSO Advisory include: market, credit and operational risk management, regulatory advisory, quantitative advisory, structured finance transaction, actuarial advisory, technology enablement, risk and security, program advisory, and process & controls. Within EY’s FSO Advisory Practice, the Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) group provides solutions that can help FSO clients to identify, measure, manage and monitor the market (trading book), credit (banking book), operational, and regulatory risks associated with their trading, asset-liability management, capital management and other capital markets activities. Within FSRM, the Market Risk (MR) team assists clients to design and implement strategic and functional changes across risk management, treasury, front office, middle office, and back office activities with a focus on risk and valuation processes, regulatory compliance, analytics, strategy, and organizational structure. Practical implementation knowledge of risk and capital management is a key competency of MR, focused on regulatory capital, market and counterparty credit risk management and broker-dealer capital requirements. Clients include large domestic and global financial institutions, broker-dealers, foreign banking organizations, asset management firms and insurance companies with significant capital markets activities. Project teams frequently work with the senior management of these firms, including CFOs and CROs. Your Key Responsibilities Demonstrate deep technical capabilities and industry knowledge of financial products Lead components of large-scale client engagements and/or smaller client engagements while consistently delivering quality client services Understand market trends and demands in the financial services sector and issues faced by clients by staying abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business Monitor progress, manage risk, and effectively communicate with key stakeholders regarding status, issues and key priorities to achieve expected outcomes Play an active role in mentoring junior consultants within the organization To qualify for the role, you should have: Undergraduate (4-year degree) or Masters (Computational Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or Physics preferred) or Ph.D. in quantitative topics with at least 2-10 years of relevant experience. Working knowledge or academic experience of statistical and numerical techniques (E.g., Monte-Carlo methods, Finite difference methods) Knowledge of mathematical concepts and domain knowledge related to pricing derivatives for any of the asset classes such as fixed income, equities, credit, interest rates, FX, and commodities Strong risk management/model development/validation knowledge in market risk (VaR, Stressed VaR, Expected Shortfall, etc.) and/or counterparty credit risk (CVA, PFE, etc.). Good hands-on experience in model development/validation/monitoring/audit procedures (including Stress testing, Back-testing, Benchmarking, etc.). Knowledge of mathematical concepts like Stochastic Calculus, Differential and Integral calculus (ODE/PDE/SDE), Numerical Methods, Linear algebra, Measure Theory. Related to pricing derivatives for any of the asset classes such as fixed income, equities, credit, interest rates, FX, and commodities Development/Validation/Annual Review of Equity pricing models, Interest Rate Models (HW1F, HW2F, HJM, LMM), Stochastic Volatility (SABR, Heston) model, Local Volatility model (Dupire), frameworks for Volatility stripping and calibration, Bootstrapping of IR curves (Single curve, Multi curve framework), Asset Liability Management (NII, MVPE) and Prepayment Models. Knowledge of Estimating Idiosyncratic volatility (specific risk) and estimating Beta, Handling missing data in time series, Validating proxy time series. Strong coding skills in any programming languages like Python and R. Basic knowledge of SQL is expected. Excellent communication and strong problem-solving skills Project management and report writing experience Good-to-have: Certifications such as FRM, CQF, CFA, PRM Regulatory knowledge/experience in areas such as Basel, CCAR, and FRTB. ETRM/CTRM systems experience with knowledge of end-to-end commodity trade lifecycle of power/gas/softs/metals etc. Pricing/Risk management system knowledge/experience – Calypso, SunGard Adaptiv, Murex, Numerix, Bloomberg, RiskMetrics, Spectrum, EQF, etc. Willingness to travel to meet client needs Other responsibilities (For Manager Rank) Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for Senior Consultants and Staffs Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting talent Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills Experience in stakeholder and client management Play your part in developing intellectual capital to support delivering superior outcomes for client and firm. What Working At EY Offers We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer: A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training An excellent team of senior colleagues, dedicated to managing and varying your workload EY | Building a better working world EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. Show more Show less
