Quantitative Analyst

Quantitative Analyst

Immediate need for a talented Quantitative Analyst. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid).

Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:25-55613 Pay Range: $85 - $92.67/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance in-house fixed income risk models.
• Design and produce model performance metrics and reports to support communications with both internal model users and external supervisors.
• Independently format and validate analysis results to ensure quality.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills: Quantitative Analysis (quantitative models, research, fixed income &/or market risk).
• Programming language experience (Expertise with at least one of these will be good - Python, C++, Java).
• Treasury securities and/or mortgage-backed securities pricing and VaR modeling.
• 5+ years of working experience and must have 3+ years of hands-on experience in quantitative models, research, with deep understanding in fixed income and/or market risk.
• Fluent in at least one high level programming language (Python, C++, Java, etc.). Familiarity with SQL is a plus.
• Knowledge of treasury securities and/or mortgage-backed securities pricing and VaR modeling a big plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Master's degree or above in a quantitative field of study.