Risk Manager, CT

Title:  Risk Manager (888-3)
Location:  Connecticut
Compensation:  Commensurate with experience

Summary:
Private institutional investment management firm focused on increasing/improving quantification/automation in trading processes seeks experienced quant to create/run Risk Management function at established multi-asset class quantitative investment manager.

Responsibilities:
Work with CEO/CIO/other quants to develop firm-wide/cross-asset risk management framework
Maintain database of strategy and product risk/performance statistics
Understand/monitor quant strategies and develop summary/exception reports
Manage risk summary section in trading GUI
Enforce trader risk and capital allocation limits
Make suggestions for improvements to statistical validity of models/live trading strategies
Liaise with prime brokers/banks to manage capital and leverage for futures/currencies/derivatives strategies
Liaise with prime brokers/investors to manage capital and leverage of long/short and long-only equity products
Develop new equity/futures/currency options scenario analysis framework
Act as liaison between researchers/traders/operations/technology and CEO/CIO
Represent the firm externally as needed

Requirements:
5+ years experience working for a major financial institution in risk management/trading/quant analysis
MSc/PhD in quantitative discipline preferred (Physics/Computer Science/Applied Mathematics/Operations Research/etc.)
MBA with exceptional analytical background will be considered
Current knowledge of regulation in global equity/futures/derivatives markets
Familiarity with equity/fixed-income derivative pricing models
Solid grasp of VaR methodology including robust estimation
Deep understanding of statistics and financial economics
Strong communication/interpersonal skills
Programming experience required (Python/Linux strongly preferred)
Able to take a hands-on approach to analyzing data/managing databases/generating reports

If you are interested in this opening, please email us a copy of your resume as an MS Word attachment.

Thank you,

Lisa Curtin
BCI - Financial Services Recruiting
10 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 60606
312-460-8222 x117
lisa@brokerageconsultants.com
www.brokerageconsultants.com

Head of Execution Technology Development, CT

Title: Head of Execution Technology Development (688-2)

Location: CT

Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Summary:

Private institutional investment management complex consisting of an international team of researchers, traders and technologists who constantly work toward greater quantification and automation in the development of trading processes. Client is seeking a senior high-performance trading systems expert to lead a core development team in building a next-generation distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant, global and multi-asset trading system.

Responsibilities:

Solve real-world, complex problems with effective and innovative technology solutions

In partnership with other stakeholders, formulate an overall strategy, define product features and implement next-generation architecture

Provide technology and staff leadership, as well as hands-on software development contributions

Stay abreast of new technologies and spearhead best practices to ensure product quality and optimal performance and scalability

Requirements:

10+ years of hands-on coding experience building real-time, high-volume trading systems

Experience leading high performing teams of software developers

Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Possess exceptional analytical and technology architecture skills

Be fluent in various programming languages/techniques including C/C++, Java and Python

Experience integrating third-party application components with in-house developed solutions

Experience with agile development practices and automated continuous integration frameworks

Have a working knowledge of Unix/Linux

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent job experience

Any networking assistance that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Lisa Curtin

BCI - Financial Services Recruiting

10 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1250

Chicago, IL 60606

312-460-8222 x 117

lisa@bcius.com

www.bcius.com