Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE: Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S): Sao Paulo
JOB FUNCTION: Quantitative Engineering
DIVISION: Global Banking & Markets
MORE ABOUT THIS JOB
What We Do
Operating at the center of global financial markets, the Global Banking & Markets Division serves institutional clients including asset managers, hedge funds, banks and brokerages, pensions, endowments and foundations, corporations, and governments. We help them buy and sell financial products around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.
The Global Currency and Emerging Markets (GCEM) Strats team works closely with trading to develop quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems. Desk Strats sit on trading floors, creating cutting-edge models, analytics, data visualization, and trading tools for our internal and external clients.
Your Impact
Do you have strong quantitative and analytical skills and a passion for financial markets? As a desk strat in the GCEM team, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your quantitative skills to solve complex problems and create innovative solutions for our clients. At the same time, you’ll be operating in the center of financial markets with plenty of opportunities to learn.
Your work will be directly linked to the business bottom line. Whether it’s building a pricing model for a new product that helps clients hedge risk or developing automatic pricing algorithms to assist the desk in making better decisions, they all result in immediate commercial impact for the desk.
You’ll have a highly visible platform to use your skills and knowledge to make a direct impact on the firm’s bottom line. Given that the GCEM desk is a global cross-asset desk, you will also gain exposure to a wide range of asset classes & risk factors (Credit/FX/Rates, vanillas/options/structured exotics). This provides an invaluable opportunity for you to sharpen your skills in different domains and build a deep and broad foundation of product knowledge.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
Responsibilities
Within the GCEM Desk Strat role, you will be responsible for creating and providing solutions to the GCEM trading desk across all Rates, FX, and Credit asset classes, from One Delta to Exotics products.
This includes but is not limited to:
* Developing and optimizing marking/quoting/hedging strategies and systems
* Analyzing trading data and building machine learning models
* Pricing and hedging analysis for complex transactions
* Performing scenario analysis upon market events
Who We Look For
We are looking for candidates with strong quantitative, programming, and communication skills with a keen interest in applying those skills in the financial markets.
Basic Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications
* MS or PhD in a Quantitative Field, e.g., Math, Stats, Computer Science, or Engineering
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
* Understanding of financial math concepts, e.g., Black-Scholes pricing
About Goldman Sachs
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital, and ideas to help our clients, shareholders, and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has numerous opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities to benefits, wellness, and personal finance offerings. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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