Senior Quantitative Risk Analyst - Commodities Trading - eFinancialCareers : Job Details

This high profile role will work alongside the Quantitative and Risk teams and focus on key Risk Metrics calculation including Value at Risk (VaR), Potential Future Exposure (PFE) and Credit at Risk (CaR).

This role will play a key part in developing and enhancing the businesses calculations as well as providing support to the risk teams including risk control.

To be considered for this role, you should have at

• 3  years quantitative risk experience with an investment bank or commodity trading business.
• You will need to have an excellent academic background to MSc or PhD level in a highly numerate subject such as financial mathematics, mathematics or physics or similar.
• You wil need to have a proven track record in model development and strong programming skills.
• Knowledge of options pricing theory and applying financial mathematics.

You will need to have a proven track record in developing and maintaining VaR and PFE models, ideally for a commodities or energy trading business.  As well as strong technical modelling and programming skills this role requires a strong communicator to manage the stakeholder teams within the business.

This is an excellent role with strong future career development potential.