CDSClear Quantitative Strategist

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Role description
This London based role is for a quantitative strategist/analyst within CDSClear First Line Risk Quant Team.
Implementation of risk model analytics changes required to support business development, suggesting model improvements and documenting methodology for risk governance.
Ensuring the analytics for model risk monitoring reports are maintained, produced and approved by the relevant governance.
Supporting regular model validation reviews and guiding them through the methodology.
Partnering with Second Line Risk, CDSClear IT Dev, CDSClear IT Test and CDSClear Risk Change to ensure a smooth transition to production deliveries.
Key Responsibilities
Change
Define, prototype and test model changes required for business developments and document to obtain approval from internal and external governance.
Define business requirements and corresponding test cases for CDSClear Risk model changes.
Maintain risk methodology documentation for members and auditors to be able to review the details of CDSClear's risk model, and for the CDSClear First Line Risk code to be understandable.
Maintain the analytics tools and libraries required to produce the regular model risk monitoring reports and margin calculation.
Partnership
Provide SME support to answer queries from clients / members or regulators.
Build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders, including model validation, second line risk, CDSClear IT devs, CDSClear IT test and CDSClear Risk Change to improve predictability, transparency and efficiency of all deliveries impacting CDSClear Risk Run.
Candidate Profile / Key Skills
Quantitative strategist/analyst with 2-5 years experience working in a front office credit derivatives quant team.
In depth knowledge of credit derivatives including one or more of (CDS Single name, CDS Index, CDS Index tranches, CDS Index Option, Credit CVA/XVA).
Experience in coding in production quant libraries written in C++ (additional experience in Python or R an advantage).
Educated to Master's or PhD level in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or related field.
Rigorous and organised with excellent communication skills, able to coordinate with other teams to safely introduce market driven and CDSClear driven changes in production.

Career Stage:Senior Associate

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