Wells Fargo is seeking a Front Office Equities Quant - Executive Director (Senior Lead Securities Quantitative Analytics Specialist) in Corporate & Investment Banking as part of Global Markets. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.
Our Corporate & Investment Banking Front Office Quantitative Model Development Team is working on a strategic buildout initiative. This is a strategic initiative that will enhance our ability to partner and deliver excellent quality and service to our trading and sales partners as our platform continues to grow.
The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for developing and implementing quantitative models and tools for Equities risk management, trading, and pricing with focus on areas like forecasting, optimization, and risk mitigation. This is part of a strategic initiative to build new models that will be integrated into a holistic markets quantitative risk and trading platform. Specific work will be spearheaded by the Front Office Equities group but will be integrated into a cross asset-class platform within CIB.
In this role, you will:
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and project managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
- Contribute to large-scale project planning, balancing short and long-term objectives
- Effectively communicate with and build consensus with all project stakeholders
- Develop, integrate, and deploy optimization-based curve construction in collaboration with other Quants, providing expertise in relevant software design, implementation and performance optimization
- Deliver high-quality software and documentation following our standardized planning and Agile-based SDLC process
- Proactively participate in complex software design & development activities within an Agile environment
- Provide vision, direction and expertise to more experienced leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions that are large-scale cross-functional or companywide strategies
- Design, development, and implementation of quantitative models for Equities risk management, trading strategies, and pricing of equity derivatives products
- Effectively communicate and partner with Business Stakeholders, other Quant Teams, Technology and Project Management
- Work constructively in collaboration with business, model development, model validation, and information technology
- Support the trading desk with questions about deployed models.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Securities Quantitative Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- 7+ years of hands-on coding experience, C++ and Java are most relevant, with an emphasis on numerical optimization
- 7+ years of derivative product and market experience in one or more of the following areas: rates and foreign exchange
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience with volatility surfaces, rate, borrow and dividend curves, ideally in C+
- Experience with Sales and Trading partners as a front office quant
- PhD degree or equivalent in computer science, computational finance or mathematics
Job Expectations:
- Ability to work outside of regular business hours
- This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to compliance with 17 CFR 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents.
- Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process.
Posting Location:
- 500 West 33rd St. - New York, New York 10001
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