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Quantitative Analyst

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, improved maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

HSBC's Global Banking & Markets business is one of the largest of its kind in the world where products & services are offered through a network of more than 60 countries worldwide.

We are currently seeking a professional to join our Global Fixed Income Quants team in the role of: Quantitative Analyst - this is an Associate Director level role

The role holder will ensure the HSBC values are present in everything they do, both individually and as an organisation. This will be achieved by consistently displaying the behaviours of: Dependable and do the right thing, Open to different ideas and cultures, Connected to customers, communities, regulators and each other.

The role has a hybrid working pattern allowing for home based and office-based working at HSBC offices at Canada Square, London. You must be able to travel to work in London on a weekly basis

In this role you will

To be successful you should meet the following requirements

• Statistical analysis of algorithmic executions
• To design, develop, test and document quantitative models including prototype & backtesting models for use in algorithmic trading
• Drive algorithmic developments in relation to targets for revenue generation, product alignment, customer satisfaction and cost management.
• Effectively interact & develop technical solutions for the users as required (Trading desks, Product Control, Traded Risks, etc.).
• Detailed microstructure analysis of EMEA Fixed Income market
• Be a valued member of the global Fixed Income Quants team

Requirements

Successful candidates are likely to also meet some of the following requirements

• Masters’ level qualification in a quantitative subject such as mathematics, physics, computer science
• Highly proficient C++ and with knowledge of Python, VBA etc
• Solid background in quantitative finance: stochastic calculus, partial differential equations, no-arbitrage valuation, numerical analysis.
• Knowledge of the standard pricing models used in the investment banking industry (Black-Scholes, Bachelier, local and stochastic volatility models)
• Knowledge of Fixed Income Credit Products and Models
• Ability to understand and manage complex and diverse scenarios
• Strong written and oral communication

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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