The Core Engineering Quantitative Engineer Associate Paris
Job Summary
The Core Engineering
The Core Engineering builds and operates the platforms applications data solutions models and analytics that power critical processes for The Core divisions of the firm (e.g. Risk responsible for the risk profile of firm activities; Controllers responsible for the financial control and reporting obligations; Compliance responsible for the firms compliance regulatory and reputational risks; Corporate Treasury responsible for the firms liquidity funding balance sheet etc.; and Human Capital Management responsible for attracting developing and managing a global workforce). A centralized engineering structure in support of The Core enables a common platform model and operating framework that promotes consistent governance and scalable solutions leveraging cloud AI and machine learning for innovation and efficiency. The Core Engineerings 2000 engineers and strats deliver engineering data analytics and quantitative capabilities within six business units:
Metrics & Analytics Platforms: responsible for the measurement and management of the firms risk capital and liquidity for The Core functions
The Core Strats: responsible for the development and implementation of models and other quantitative methodologies including the accuracy and attribution of modeled metrics
Financials & Reporting: responsible for facilitating the production of the firms financials and a wide range of reporting functions
Non-Financial Risk & Controls: responsible for non-financial risk and control processes
Enterprise Platforms: responsible for platforms and applications that support critical operational processes across The Core such as payments people processes and procurement
Shared Services: responsible for driving the adoption of consistent engineering strategy including data platforms cloud and AI enablement as well as the management of technology risk
Role Responsibilities
The responsibilities can include:
- Developing refining and maintaining robust and production quality market risk models (such as value-at-risk stress tests) and capital involves identifying market risk factors for various products and building mathematical models to capture their economic and statistical characteristics.
- Implementing testing and productionizing models and analytics. This involves prototyping models implementing them and designing tests to ensure the quality of implementation as well as tests for the continuous functioning of the models.
- Performing pricing analyses risk and capital impact analyses.
- Building robust systematic & efficient workflows processes and procedures around the production of risk analytics for financial & non-financial risk risk capital and regulatory reporting.
- Interact with various other groups such as risk managers senior managers and stakeholders to explain the results of the models and analytics and provide quantitative advice.
Qualifications Skills & Aptitude
Eligible candidates are preferred to have the following:
- Strong quantitative skills with a PhD degree in a quantitative discipline (Physics Mathematics Quantitative Finance Computer Science Engineering etc.) or aBachelors/Masters degree in a quantitative discipline with 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
- Excellent command of mathematics modeling and numerical techniques. Good knowledge of statistics time series analysis econometric modeling and probability theory.
- Strong programming skills and experience with a popular programming language (Java C Python etc.).
- Hands-on experience of developing pricing models/risk models.
- Excellent written verbal and team-oriented communication skills.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities, and asset and wealth management firm that provides a wide range of financial services.