Quant Model Risk Associate - Rates
On-site · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary
Assess and mitigate the model risk of complex pricing models, engines, and reserve methodologies; provide guidance on model usage and act as first point of contact for the business on new models and changes; develop and implement alternative model benchmarks and performance metrics; liaise with model developers and Risk/Valuation Control Groups; evaluate model performance regularly; exposure to diverse business and functional areas while working closely with model developers and users.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years in a FO or model risk quantitative role
- Excellence in probability theory, stochastic processes, statistics, partial differential equations, and numerical analysis
- MSc, PhD or equivalent in a quantitative discipline
- Inquisitive nature, ability to ask right questions and escalate issues
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good understanding of option pricing theory (i.e. quantitative models for pricing and hedging derivatives)
- Good coding skills, for example in C/C++ or Python
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