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Equity Quantitative Researcher

The Equity Quantitative Researcher position is based in Mumbai and is part of the Portfolio Analytics team. The role focuses on developing data-driven models and analytics that support systematic stock selection and portfolio decision-making. This includes data processing, analyzing large datasets, researching predictive factors, and building back-tested strategies that can be effectively deployed in trading. The ideal candidate possesses strong quantitative and programming skills, along with a deep curiosity about financial markets and a drive to continuously enhance investment performance.

Responsibilities

Research portfolio construction and optimization in the context of large complex equity portfolios.
Apply cutting edge computational techniques and statistical methods to solve complex problems.
Stay up to date on the latest academic and industry research and challenge yourself to continually improve and challenge the way things are done.
Design and develop highly automated cloud-based technology stack for investment and electronic trading algorithms.
Build next generation systems to run hundreds of simulations for model estimation and back-testing of mathematical algorithms.
Run simulations on portfolio enhancements and integrate enhancements in the live investment process.
Provide continuous suggestions for process improvement and performance optimization.

Qualifications

B.E., B.Tech., M.Tech., or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, or similar discipline
Strong knowledge and interest in statistical modeling techniques and data science
Must have exceptional coding and software design ability with technical proficiency in either Python, C++, Java or C#
Pursuing, CFA, FRM or CQF are beneficial.
Must be passionate about developing well-designed scalable software.
Good oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to work independently with complete ownership of projects.
One to three years of relevant work experience

Risk Modelers Professional

Provide analytical support and manage projects to deliver retail and commercial credit risk and decision models to support risk management and decision making in LBG.

The following accountability apply to the most roles and decision science at this level but there may be some variation depending on specific role in the team:

Good-to-Have

Expertise in PD, LGD, EAD and BAU models

Certified CQF and CIF

Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role

Very good knowledge of statistical techniques such as clustering, segmentation, ranking, correlation, or regression etc.

Use sophisticated statistical techniques to develop scorecards, customer segmentation schemes, profiles, and other analytically based tools in day-to-day operations.

Ability to recognizing information and patterns in data that are not obvious, and focusing analytical efforts in pursuit of explanations, isolations of cause and effect.

Accountabilities:

Provide analytical support for different types of modelling tasks and projects, including model developments.
Work independently on variety of analytical tasks and projects during the production of model monitoring report, validations, and collaborations.
Work on projects to support initiative across decision science.
Work and build wrap rapport with business contacts, communicating analysis clearly and delivering out to agreed plans and time scales.
Take ownership and provides technical leadership to more junior analysts in the team.
Support model implementation and testing.
Comply with policies and apply best practises to all aspects of work.
Deputise for manager when required.
Act in line with the groups value and behaviours.

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Degree with quantitative content or equal skills derived from experience.
Experience extracting, manipulating, and drawing insight from the data
Experience of working on design, development, and validation of credit risk models
excel SAS, SQL, or similar experience
demonstrates initiative and problem-solving skills
good organisational and project management skills and ability to deliver tasks and project to deadlines
good written and verbal communication and presentation skills and ability to build report with the stakeholders to suggest the solution and communicate the impacts
good knowledge of the fundamental principles of banking credit Risk management and economics
technical leadership and coaching
practical application of statistical modelling techniques and technical methods

Seniors – Derivatives – Audit Valuation – Pakistan

EY is seeking a Valuation Specialist to join its Assurance Valuation team. This role involves reviewing and evaluating the valuation of complex financial instruments, including derivatives, for audit purposes. It presents an opportunity to grow within a leading firm through diverse engagements, mentoring, and continuous learning.

VP- Digital Value Creation-TAS India

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG.

Financial and Valuation Advisory
Over the past 40 years, Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial and valuation advisory practices. Our transaction expertise, leadership in the field of valuation, and objective approach to independent due diligence advice inspire confidence in the financial executives, boards of directors, special committees, retained counsel, investors, and business owners we serve. In 2020, Refinitiv (formerly known as Thomson Reuters) ranked us the No. 1 U.S. M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years. Our stability, integrity, technical leadership, and global capabilities make us a trusted advisor for clients worldwide across a wide range of services, including the Transaction Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services, Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting practices.

Transaction Advisory Services
Houlihan Lokey’s Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice assists private equity and corporate clients with financial, IT and tax due diligence, business analytics, and technical accounting matters associated with corporate mergers, divestitures, and acquisitions (M&A). Drawing on Houlihan Lokey’s market leadership in middle-market M&A transactions, our due diligence experts provide candid, unbiased, and rigorous support on matters most impacting deal value, and assist investors in identifying and evaluating key value drivers and risk factors.
TAS India
TAS India covers Financial due diligence, Accounting and financial reporting and Digital value creation services. We have a highly integrated ‘one-team’ working model where TAS India team members are fully embedded into an engagement lifecycle – from client pitch to client discussions through closure. They have similar exposure to project complexities and client situations as their counterparts in the global TAS teams, and work in similar ownership and accountability construct. With a strong industry orientation and innovation-focused environment, we offer a unique proposition comprising best-in-class functional, industry and technology competencies along with an exposure to global M&A markets.

Job Description
TAS is seeking talented professionals to join our fast-growing Digital Value Creation group (DVC) at the Vice President level. DVC provides our clients value-creating insights from vast market, operational, and financial data. DVC professionals work closely with HL due diligence, valuation and investment banking teams alongside clients’ deal and operating teams. As a professional in the group, you will be teamed with highly talented and dedicated M&A professionals in various industry groups including Industrials, Consumer, Technology, Business Services and Financial Services. This opportunity provides you broad exposure to different transactional issues affecting businesses in an M&A environment.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with proficiency in data analytics along with experience in applying data analytics techniques to financial and operational analyses that is fundamental to an M&A process. DVC provides you ample exposure to the M&A and corporate finance industry and capital markets. You will further develop and extend your data analytics knowledge, and hone your interpersonal skills as you deliver valuable insights that derive transaction and strategic decision making for internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities
• Participate in buy-side and sell-side M&A engagements and data-focused operational reporting engagements
• Lead engagements or substantial workstreams within an engagement, taking ownership of the execution, quality and timeliness of deliverable to clients
• Day-to-day project management, ensuring progress in line with project plan and effective resource management; resolving bottlenecks and complex questions; identifying risks and delays; reporting and escalating issues as required; tracking budgets; etc.
• Communicate directly and effectively with senior business executives and internal stakeholders, providing project updates, discussing questions and bottlenecks, and sharing points of view and recommendations as defined within project scope
• Gather, evaluate, sanitize, and organize applicable meta data
• Prepare data workflows to clean and combine data from multiple sources
• Prepare data visualizations and dashboards to deliver key insights
• Generate insights on the drivers of business growth, profitability, and liquidity, and story-board key findings into a structured and comprehensible report
• Identify key business risks and opportunities impacting business valuation
• Be willing to learn and train peers on data analysis and visualization tools
• Continuously develop industry knowledge and qualifications
• Be able to work on and lead multiple assignments simultaneously
• Support and actively participate in business development efforts
• Review the work of junior team members, ensuring desired quality and insights, and providing timely feedback for their continuous learning
• Manage a team of 2-3 Analysts and/or Associates, being responsible for their learning and professional development

Basic (must-have) Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in technology / computer science / accounting / finance or quantitative finance, or similar (with concentration in data analytics or another quantitative field)
• Experience in financial analytics based on sound understanding of financial statements like Profit & Loss and Balance sheet and ability to analyze financial and operating performance of a company
• Hands-on experience in working on one of the data wrangling / ETL tool i.e. Alteryx, Dataiku etc.
• Sound knowledge of and experience in data visualization tools, either Tableau or Power BI
• Strong command of advanced Microsoft Excel functions, PowerPivot, Power Query, etc.
• Experience working in a global organization across different time zones, managing both internal and external stakeholders
• Team management experience, covering role expectations, learning and development, and performance management
• Exceptional work ethic, high motivation, and a demonstrated ability and desire to work cooperatively with team members and client professionals
• Strong analytical abilities
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and be a team player

Preferred (good-to-have) Qualifications
• Post graduate degree or diploma, or certification in any of the above fields of study or business administration (for instance MBA, CFA, CQF etc.)
• Experience in M&A and financial consulting areas such as Financial due diligence, Valuation, Financial Planning & Analysis will be a strong advantage
• Strong command of at least one programming language Python, R, VBA
• Prior work experience in relational database management systems (including experience in SQL Server, Snowflake, or similar)

CFO Risk Analyst/Consultant – ICH Europe

As a Risk professional in the CFO&EV team in Strategy&Consulting/Intelligent Consulting Hub Europe, you’ll work on delivery of projects for our clients – key industry players in the Risk Management sectors around the world. You’ll help our clients keep up with fast changing regulations, innovations as well as changing market conditions. You will be part of a team that brings to our clients industry-leading best practices, technologies and strategies in everything from credit, market, liquidity, enterprise or operational risk and financial crime perspective – to regulatory compliance, robotics, artificial intelligence – and advanced quantitative modelling.

You will be part of multidisciplinary team of risk professionals demonstrating broad palette of skills in various areas.

THE WORK:

Although no two days at Accenture are the same, as a Risk Analyst/Consultant in our CFO&EV practice, a typical day might include:

Acting as a risk management analyst professional while working with Accenture’s global teams to help clients develop cutting edge and industry leading solutions
Shaping Accenture’s thought capital around current and emerging risk management topics
Using your analytical & quantitative skills to provide clarity to complex issues and gather data as well as model driven insights
Helping clients use technological risk innovations (Big Data & Cloud Solutions, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning) to enhance and transform the risk management function
Working across a dynamic, international team where English is the common language

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Minimum 2 years of risk management experience (Credit, Market, Liquidity, ERM or Financial Crime). Candidates should demonstrate knowledge in one or more of the following aspects:

Quantification skills in one or more of the risk domain areas
An understanding of market environment as well as risk regulatory frameworks: knowledge of Basel III and IV principles and practices, ICAAP, MIFID, FRTB, GDPR, IFRS 9, etc.
Experience across risk platforms and technologies/products, for example Bloomberg, Reuters, Murex, Algorithmics, Moody’s, eFront, OFSAA, etc.
Operational procedures and processes covering also data management in risk areas
Proficient level in English and either German, Spanish or French (written & spoken)

Research indicates that some candidates, especially the most diverse ones, may hesitate to apply for positions if they don’t meet all requirements. If you believe you possess the necessary skills, even if not meeting every requirement, we wholeheartedly encourage you to submit your application.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU ARE AND HAVE:

Digitally savvy and conscious of new technologies; continuous learner; knowledge of programming languages (R, SAS, VBA, SQL, PYTHON)

Quant Crypto Trader

We are looking for Quant Traders that have developed a live trading track record and are looking to join a reputable fund to continue managing their own desk with related P&L responsibilities.

Quant Trader – Equities, Futures, FX

Our client, a small hedge fund that has doubled in size over the last year to $4Bn AUM, have improved their infrastructure substantially and therefore looking for shorter term horizon traders. The requirement is for those that have holding periods between 30 mins to 2 days and sharpe ratios above 2+ on their strategies.

Systematic Energy Portfolio Manager

Our client is a small systematic hedge fund located in New York. They have doubled in size in the last year alone, now managing assets upwards of $4Bn. They have started implementing a new build-out within the commodities function and now looking for a strong Quant Trader / Systematic Portfolio Manager to take the reins in their vertical. There is a particular interest in Energy right now – crude oil, electricity, natural gas, and wind power.

Are you interested in setting up your own trading platform?

Please see job role.

Quant Execution Lead

A mid sized systematic hedge fund at $4Bn AUM is now seeking a highly talented senior systematic execution trader to lead efforts and improve slippage firmwide. This role will directly support the portfolio management teams. They are looking for an experienced execution trader to help scale the overall systematic trading operations.