FX Desk Quantitative Analyst Vice President

4 weeks ago


Singapore BARCLAYS BANK PLC Full time
Roles & Responsibilities

Purpose of the role

To provide quantitative and analytical expertise to support trading strategies, risk management, and decision-making within the investment banking domain, applying quantitative analysis, mathematical modelling, and technology to optimise trading and investment opportunities.

Accountabilities

  • Development and implementation of quantitative models and strategies to derive insight into market trends and optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets.
  • Working closely with sales teams to identify clients' needs and develop customised solutions.
  • In-depth research, data analysis, and statistical modelling to derive insights into market trends, pricing, and risk dynamics.
  • Provide front office infrastructure support though ownership and maintenance of analytical libraries.
  • Provision of expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to drive innovation within the trading environment.

Vice President Expectations

  • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
  • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as key member of the Barclay QA team to develop pricing and risk management models and analytics for the FX option business and provide quantitative analysis and advice regarding the usage of our models. Working with IT on rolling out our models into strategic platforms, you will develop relative value tools for FX structurers/traders. Support both FX businesses (Trading desk and their controlling functions) in their daily activities and processes, develop the mathematical and financial foundation for new models and methodologies in C++ and Python in Barclays' Quantitative Analytics Libraries. You will also develop tests, estimation and calibration procedures for the models and methodologies and write documentation for the models and methodologies including the estimation and calibration procedures. You will require good written and verbal communication coupled with the ability e to adapt to change, work in a fast changing environment, work independently and collaboratively within a team.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

  • Post-graduate qualification in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance or another quantitative field
  • 3+ years of experience in a global financial services firm with relevant experience with option business modelling
  • 3+ years experience of FICC option markets and modelling
  • 3+ years In-depth C/C++/Python knowledge
  • Experience developing in a large shared pricing library with multiple developers.
  • Experience testing models, preparing technical documentation and explaining technical concepts to non-technical users

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of additional languages such as C# and XSLT
  • Specific experience of FX option markets derivatives

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Tell employers what skills you have

Front Office
Derivatives
Data Analysis
Mathematics
Quantitative Analysis
Quantitative Analytics
Risk Management
Quantitative Finance
Trading Strategies
Python
Statistics
C#
Pricing
Calibration
C++

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