Quantitative Analyst

Your role

We are seeking a highly motivated Quantitative Analyst to join Unified Global Markets (UGM) quant analytics team. UGM quant team offers a unique opportunity to develop analytics and tools for a cross functional business that deals with both IB and WM aspects. The successful candidate will contribute to the development, implementation, and support of quant developed platform across trading and sales in UGM US.
This role requires strong technical and analytical capabilities, a solid understanding of financial products and market risk, and the ability to work closely with sales, traders, risk managers, and global quant partners. The ideal candidate will combine quantitative modeling expertise with strong programming skills (inluding leveraging AI for development) and a practical understanding of front-office workflows.
Key Responsibilities
• Build and enhance AI tools owned by the team for sales workflows and data insight needs
• Support AI use cases, including prompt/skill development, tool integration, and response handling aligned with business needs.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines used by the platform Compass reporting and analytics workflows.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into production-ready solutions.
• Support release management, testing, defect resolution, and environment stability across DEV, UAT, and PROD.
• Help manage application, operational, and data-quality risk across the platform.

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We're dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That's why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves.
We're committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

Your team

You will be joining a global quantitative analytics team supporting the sales and trading business. The team is responsible for delivering all analytics needs for a large business at the cross section of IB and WM. This includes both sales and trading analytics across products offered by the business.
This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment at the intersection of markets, modeling, and technology, with close interaction across sales and trading, and engineering teams.

Your expertise

• Masters or PhD in quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics and Physics or a related field
• Bachelors degree in quantitative discipline with prior experience will be considered as well
• Relevant experience in a quantitative analyst, desk quant, or front-office modeling role within a bank or financial institution
• Experience with typical financial linear and non linear products in Equities, Fixed Income and Structured Products
• Strong programming skills in Python; experience with C++ is a bonus. Most importantly, must know how to use AI tools for development
• Familiarity with APIs, data services, or application development for analytics delivery
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with machine learning or advanced data analytics is a plus
Preferred Skills
• Experience with AI and ML, including leveraging the tools and developing tools for other stakeholders
• Faimiliarity with products and services offered by a large financial institution in the context of wealth management
• Exposure to cloud-based analytics or strategic risk platforms
• Experience building dashboards or interactive web-based analytics tools
• Understanding of model governance, validation, and documentation requirements
• You're curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment - validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That's why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

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Salary information

The indicative gross base salary range as a full-time equivalent role:
• United States - New York - New York min USD 155000 - max USD 190000 /annum

The expected salary for this role will be determined by relevant factors which may include but are not limited to, role-required experience, qualifications, education, location and skill level. UBS offers a range of competitive benefits and for further information, please visit ubs.com/employee-benefits. We may, at our sole discretion, provide additional variable compensation or awards.