FX Quant Trader VP or Director
FX Quant Trader VP or Director
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Job Description
Department Overview:
The Financial Markets (FM) landscape is rapidly going through a process of digitisation at the core of which is eTrading. eTrading at ING covers all products traded in ING FM. These span from the very liquid and electronic products (cash equities futures commodities and FX) Fixed Income products (corporate and government bonds) which are in the process of becoming electronic due to balance sheet reduction and regulation to the less liquid and less electronic derivative products. Data is core to eTrading and eTrading also covers the data and business intelligence strategy.
Candidate Profile
Qualification/Education
Essential
MSc in quantitative subject
Desired
PhD in quantitative subject.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential:
Minimum 5 years experience working on an eFX trading desk developing pricing and hedging strategies;
Excellent understanding of Statistics and Machine Learning models;
Strong research and analysis skills (Python) including machine learning libraries;
Interest in financial markets;
Flexibility in development technologies. Expected to work with different technologies and languages (Python Java Broadway KDB Proprietary Software).
Main Duties and Responsibilities of Role:
The Quant will be part of the eTrading team and will be responsible for creating the new generation of pricing and hedging algorithms.
Career Potential
Strong exposure to trading teams in London but also other global FM trading locations;
Exposure to other global ING eTrading teams;
Scope for career progression within eTrading and trading functions.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential:
Minimum 5 years experience working on an eFX trading desk developing pricing and hedging strategies;
Excellent understanding of Statistics and Machine Learning models;
Strong research and analysis skills (Python) including machine learning libraries;
Interest in financial markets;
Flexibility in development technologies. Expected to work with different technologies and languages (Python Java Broadway KDB Proprietary Software).
Desirable:
Having personally developed pricing and hedging strategies running in production;
Experience in client and franchise optimisation of an electronic trading desk;
Experience with q/KDB and Java.
Personal Competencies
Essential:
Handson mentality;
Ability to deliver without supervision;
Creative learning and thinking passion for technology;
Proactive behaviour and perpetual energy and drive to improve performance;
Challenger of the status quo always striving to do things more efficiently and effectively;
Genuine team player.
Desirable:
Customer and product focus;
Clear concise and transparent communicator.
INGs purpose is Empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. Every ING colleague is given the opportunity to contribute to that vision. We champion selfreliance and foster a collaborative and innovative culture. The Orange Code is our global manifesto for how we stay true to our purpose and our tradition of reinvention and empowerment. It is made up of ING Values (we are honest; we are prudent; we are responsible) and ING Behaviours: (you take it on and make it happen; you help others to be successful; you are always a step ahead)
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Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
