Quant Analyst – Market Risk

Location: New York

About the role

Bloomberg’s Quantitative Analytics team is responsible for the design and implementation of modeling analytics that support client pricing and risk management solutions for financial products across the entire suite of Bloomberg products and services, including its terminal with 300,000+ clients, trading system solutions, buy- and sell-side enterprise risk management, and derivatives valuation services.

These models include those for pricing derivative products across all major asset classes, including market data; counterparty credit, XVA and initial margin; Value-at-Risk and other Market Risk metrics; Credit Risk models, and Climate Risk models. The team has two recent Risk Quant of the Year winners and is dedicated both to novel research as well as efficient model delivery through modern C++ and Python libraries.

Within the Quantitative Analytics team, the Quantitative Market and Liquidity Risk Analytics group (“QMLRA”) is responsible for all market and liquidity risk related modeling. This includes, but is not limited to, stress testing, including modelling of various stress scenarios for cash and derivatives portfolios, VaR, stressed VaR and various tail-risk measures, regulatory capital calculations, CCAR scenarios, FRTB, SIMM, and liquidity assessment. The group is responsible for model research and development, as well as model deployment into production in collaboration with Model Validation, Engineering, and Product Manager partners.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, prototype, implement, test, document and support statistical, machine-learning, and econometric Market Risk models
• Support the integration and release of quant code into production systems in association with Model Validation and Engineering partners
• Communicate modeling concepts and assumptions to external clients, product managers, sales, the risk product support unit, and engineering teams. This includes writing technical documentation and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences
• Assist the QMLRA Team Leader with Market Risk project management, including coordination of fellow team members as well as collaboration with Engineering, Product Managers, and Model Validation partners
• Maintain Market Risk methodology thought leadership. The Quant Analytics team sometimes publishes research papers in academic and industry journals

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent experience in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or Quantitative Finance
• Work experience at VP level or above (4+ years) at a Market Risk modeling team of a buy-side or sell-side institution, or at the equivalent level at a vendor
• Hands-on experience in Market Risk modeling, understanding of risk measures, familiarity with financial products and derivatives (expertise needed in at least two asset classes), along with fluency in the relevant regulatory and non-regulatory Market Risk calculations
• Knowledge of probability theory and stochastic processes, probabilistic and machine learning techniques, statistical estimation and testing, Monte Carlo methods, numerical analysis, and linear algebra
• Experience with Natural Language Processing modeling techniques, e.g. Sentiment Analysis, Topic Modeling, Text Classification, Semantic Analysis, and Named Entity Recognition. Proficiency with agentic modeling is a bonus
• Proven C++ and Python programming and software engineering skills, including code design, implementation, testing and production release, as well as working knowledge of common data science libraries
• Hands-on experience in project management, execution and delivery, and communications with internal and external stakeholders and clients

Skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to work in teams with other quants, engineers, and product managers
• Passion about the Capital Markets, Finance, and Economics
• High-level of intellectual curiosity and demonstrated capability to generate new and interesting approaches to solving complex problems

Pay

Salary Range: 155,000 - 285,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus

Benefits

• One of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available
• Merit increases and incentive compensation (exempt roles only)
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits
• 401(k) + match
• Life insurance
• Various wellness programs