Associate, Global Analytics and Financial Engineering
Scotiabank · New York, NY · 2 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
About the role
Join a purpose-driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Responsibilities
- Champions a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
- Collaborate with senior members to learn about derivatives products, valuation models, and the model development technology stacks.
- Develops valuation models for Emerging Markets products, ensuring theoretical soundness, numerical accuracy, and implementation correctness.
- Participate in the development and support of front office analytics used for pricing, hedging, and risk management.
- Provide subject matter expertise to our model and analytics stakeholders such as trading and sales, risk management teams, and technology groups.
- Apply the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture in day-to-day activities and decisions.
Requirements
- Doctorate or master’s degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science, physics, or other quantitative areas.
- Up to 2 years’ experience after graduation with a passion for quantitative finance.
- Demonstrable knowledge of numerical methods and computational modeling: for example, finite difference / finite element, Monte Carlo simulation, optimization, artificial intelligence.
- Strong programming skills in C++ or Python and the willingness to learn other programming languages.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills and a team player with the ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Solutions-focused attitude, recognizing opportunities to not only learn but to contribute to team outcomes, and showing ownership over delivery.
- Knowledge of reinforcement learning or deep learning is considered an asset.
- Strong organizational, analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
- Doctorate or master’s degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science, physics, or other quantitative areas.
- Up to 2 years’ experience after graduation with a passion for quantitative finance.
- Demonstrable knowledge of numerical methods and computational modeling: for example, finite difference / finite element, Monte Carlo simulation, optimization, artificial intelligence.
- Strong programming skills in C++ or Python and the willingness to learn other programming languages.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills and a team player with the ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Solutions-focused attitude, recognizing opportunities to not only learn but to contribute to team outcomes, and showing ownership over delivery.
- Knowledge of reinforcement learning or deep learning is considered an asset.
- Strong organizational, analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Quantitative Finance
- Derivatives Valuation Models
- Model Development
- Programming (C++, Python)
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Team Player
- Solutions-Focused Attitude
- Risk Management
- Financial Engineering
Benefits
- Competitive salary range: $155,000.00 - $185,000.00
- Flexible benefits program
- Workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives
- Performance-oriented culture
Pay
- $155,000.00 - $185,000.00
Schedule
- Full-time