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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

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