SENIOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYST – SYSTEMATIC TRADING

SENIOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYST – SYSTEMATIC TRADING - Global Investment Firm

J Harlan Group is currently conducting a search for a SENIOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYST – SYSTEMATIC TRADING at a prominent Global Investment Firm in NYC.

They're seeking an exceptional Senior Quantitative Analyst – Systematic Trading to apply mathematical techniques and write software to develop, analyze, and implement statistical models for their computerized financial trading strategies. They utilize their creativity and innovation to create novel approaches to trade profitably in markets around the globe with a firm that offers a collegial, collaborative, and engaging working environment.

They will expect you to be agile / to lead / to think outside the box. In return, they'll give you challenging work that has an impact / Opportunities to learn and grow / and a collaborative culture that encourages every member of our team to bring their point of view to the table—because that's how we help our clients succeed.

Principal Responsibilities:

The team is tasked with building advanced quantitative and statistical methods to produce models and prescriptive data that result in optimal investment decisions.

Specific responsibilities range from leveraging financial data to increase profitability, decrease risk, and reduce transaction costs to conceiving new trading ideas, formulating them into systematic strategies, and critically evaluating their performance.

The ideal candidate would have a background and a deep passion for working as a Senior Quantitative Analyst within the investment community.

• Successful candidates will have impressive records of academic achievement and be the top students in their respective math, statistics, physics, engineering, computer science, and other technical and quantitative programs.
• Quantitative financial engineering experience (i.e. systematic trading strategies) and a high level of interest in global financial markets – candidates from both industry and academia with a broad range of quantitative investment and /or financial engineering experience
• Demonstrated history of developing successful quantitative models, preferably involving transaction cost analysis and/or high-frequency trading.
• Candidates should be innovative and analytical thinkers with strong communication skills, and they should demonstrate proficiency with the numerical and statistical tools needed to develop robust signals from market data.
• Individuals who are enthusiastic about taking a hands-on approach and collaborating with top technical talent in a collegial, meritocratic work environment characterized by informality and intellectual rigor.
• Ability to work in an open collaborative and highly charged investment environment.
• Strong desire to contribute and build a business – not just solve novel problems.
• Ability to work with a wide range of investment professionals to develop and implement highly quantitative investment strategies in support of a dynamically growing global investment platform

An individual who loves solving deep and complex technical and business problems and wants to have an outsized impact with the services/ products they deliver. An individual with a passion for financial engineering, a high level of intellectual curiosity, a commitment to excellence and an unparalleled drive to deliver world-class services.

If you or anyone in your network would be interested in this opportunity, please send resume to Jerry Goldberg at or directly contact us at

About the Client:

The firm is a prominent multinational investment management firm. The company manages a variety of investment funds that make extensive use of quantitative methods and proprietary computational technology to support fundamental research in the management of its investments.

They have a relentlessly focus on innovation and integration: innovation in new products, markets and businesses as well as new tools, models and technology management and performance structures; integration of fundamental research, quantitative strategies and technical analysis, all supported by an intensive focus on operational excellence and comprehensive risk management.

The talent and dedication of their people is critical to their success. They offer an opportunity for developing one's professional career while working with individuals trained in a variety of disciplines in a collegial and dynamic environment. They offer a broad range of competitive benefits on a global basis.

They seek candidates who are high-energy self-starters who want to join an investment management firm on the leading edge of the global markets. The management team needs individuals of the highest professional caliber who are leaders, problem solvers, analytic, detail-oriented, and entrepreneurial. Everyone at the firm works side-by-side with the firm's senior management in a highly collaborative and charged environment.

Successful candidates are:

• Analytic and relentless in pursuit of the right answer
• Strong communicators who excel at rapid synthesis
• Able to demonstrate sound business judgment
• Able to digest complexity while maintaining an understanding of the "big picture" of business needs
• Team players who are energized by a collaborative enterprise
  

The firm's employees maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. The firm has earned a reputation for honesty, fair dealing, and transparency in a competitive industry. They believe that these standards are the foundation for superior investment performance and are critical to delivering performance to clients

SALARY RANGE: The expected annual base salary for this position is $350,000 to $500,000. Their compensation and benefits package include substantial variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, a sign-on bonus, a relocation bonus, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.

'J Harlan Group, LLC' is an executive search and advisory firm specializing in recruiting for Financial Services, Management Consulting and Public Accounting companies. The organization is a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services working with major companies in the US and Global investment capitals around the world. Built by industry leaders to meet the talent demand needs for highly professional and specialized roles, J Harlan Group, LLC operates under the highest level of professional and quality standards providing a customized project approach for each client and search assignment.