· 8+ years’ experience in financial markets as a desk quant, PhD, or as risk manager in a quantitative trading environment
· Closely familiar with fixed income, credit (corporate and structured), and foreign exchange products
· Strong bond math skills essential (e.g. duration, convexity, various spread calculations, options)
· High familiarity with structured credit items such as tranches, diversity score, credit subordination, prepayments, CDR/CPR shocks
· Writing advanced Excel macros and coding
· Additional risk management experience a plus, especially analysis of shocks/scenarios, tail risks, illiquidity, concentration, and leverage
· Willing to communicate and do ad-hoc work during parts of New York hours
· Good communication skills verbally and in writing; most colleagues are based in the US and London
· Proactive attitude and eagerness to assume tasks within team
· Familiarity with Bloomberg essential and with Aladdin portfolio management system a plus