Quantitative Analyst - Pricing & Traded Risk

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Job description

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.

We put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. Our teams work on iconic deals with national and global clients as well as operating and investing in businesses, new ventures and entrepreneurs in our local market and communities. It's both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference.

We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. The insight we create, coupled with the innovative tools and methodologies we use to access and evaluate the data that matters, contributes to the success of our clients in all Deals situations. We encourage our clients to think more broadly - connecting their actions today with their successes tomorrow. We help our clients throughout the Deals lifecycle to create lasting value for their businesses.

Each of our key areas within Deals, delivers services to the market individually or together by combining our specialists to provide comprehensive client solutions.

About the role

You will be a Quantitative Analyst within the London based team working with our existing team of modelling, pricing and traded risk specialists as well as our offshore delivery centre. The role will offer you the opportunity to work in a fast paced business alongside a team which has grown significantly over the last 4 years and continues to grow in terms of size, revenue and areas of work.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working with our top tier banking clients to deliver large model, market and counterparty credit risk engagements supported by our global platform.
• Leading in areas of business development, practice development and strategy within the traded risk sphere - due to the high growth nature of the business this will be a key component of the role.
• Providing expert assistance for the team's testing of clients' financial instrument valuations, across a wide range of instrument types and product classes, including valuation adjustments.
• Building and/or reviewing internal pricing models for exotic instruments in our library, or other platforms and help the team with on-boarding third party provided models.

On model risk engagements at clients you will take a lead in:

• Assisting clients across the entire model lifecycle (design, implementation, testing, documentation, validation and review) on different projects
• Examining conceptual soundness; reviewing and challenging underlying assumptions, theory, data and limitations of the models.
• Writing detailed, structured and clear model documentation for 1st and 2nd line client projects.
• Performing assessment of model governance, validation policies and control processes and advising best practice approaches.

Desirable skills and experience

• A PhD in engineering, physics, maths, quantitative finance or an allied field preferred, MSc also considered.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex issues in a clear and articulate way to a non-technical audience.
• Over five years experience in at least one of the below:
  • A deep understanding of derivative pricing across asset classes including the related XVAs
  • An understanding of Market Risk Modelling techniques and regulations, including VaR, Expected Shortfall, IMA and FRTB
  • An understanding of Counterparty Credit Risk modelling techniques and regulations including IMM, SA-CCR, SA-CVA and CRD IV
• Theoretical understanding and hands on experience in developing and/or validating mathematical models
• Good understanding of model governance including development and validation documentation requirements
• Good working knowledge of C++ and Python
• Familiarity with source control, ideally GIT
• Strong people management and client relationship skills.
• Creativity and problem-solving skills in individual, team and collaborative consultant-client settings.
• Ability to multi-task across multiple assignments, prioritise workloads and work under time pressure.

Deals

Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

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All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

The Deal

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Diversity

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We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.