MCrisk


Company:: Focus Capital Markets
Location:: New York City, NY
Job Type:: Full Time
Category:: Risk Management


Posted:: 6/5/2013

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Job Description

Focus Capital for over 35 years has been the main consultant and expertise provider to

Market, Credit and Operational Risk managers. Today we are looking to hire an

unprecedented 150 quants and analysts to join an exisitng team monitoring a trillion dollar

portfolio of assets.

Requirements include:3-15 years working experience in capital markets as a risk analyst, strategist or asset allocation specialist.

Qualifications for Analyst role:

2-5 years in developing capital models

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Proficient in MS excel, power point and word

Good understanding of finance, investment and financial engineering

experience with capital management, ALM and risk management

Qualification for quants•

M.S. or Ph.D. in a quantitative field;

• 3+ years of experience in the area of valuation (fixed income securities, derivatives, or other financial products), model development, implementation and validation, and/or risk management (market risk, credit risk, asset-liability management);

• Strong quantitative skills and broad knowledge of derivatives and fixed income securities;

• Strong development skills and especially programming skills in C++ and Excel/VBA;

• Strong statistics background a plus;

• Familiarity with Numerix or Algorithmics software a plus;

• Experience with valuation of private placements a plus;

• Experience with valuation of illiquid securities a plus;

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

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