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FO Quant Modeller (Director) – £1,500/day – 6–12m Contract – Exotic Equity Derivatives
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FO Quant Modeller (Director) – £1,500/day – 6–12m Contract – Exotic Equity Derivatives
Our client is a Tier 1 Investment Bank who urgently need a Senior Director Level, Equity validation/documentation/modelling quant contractor – daily rate circa £1500, inside IR35.
The context is that the Equity / Hybrids FO quants are pushing a raft of new models towards the validation team.
The contractor will join the Quant Analytics team who helps shape these new models and associated submissions.
At the moment the volume of submissions is beyond the team’s capacity which is why they urgently need a Temp.
This is front office role sitting in the Equity/Hybrids team.
📍 Location: London
💰 Rate: £1,500 per day (Inside IR35)
📅 Contract: 6 months (extension likely into 2026)
📩 Urgent hire – Start ASAP!
The need is for an experienced Equity modeller, (not a programmer) who:-
- understands the model details, assumptions/limitations and how they are quantified.
- has experience with exotic equity derivatives models and who has developed alternative models or benchmarks.
Somebody who can:-
- Perform a model review, guide the FO quants.
- Specify, write (python notebooks), run, analyse et document tests.
- Write high-quality documentation
- Understand the angle of, and interact with, the model validation team.
If you’re a strong communicator, available immediately and have deep expertise in the requirements above, please get in touch to discuss further.
Please note that you will need to have the RTW in the UK to be considered.
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