Equity Quant Strategist

Your new company
The company is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries

Your new role
The Quantitative and Derivative Strategies Group (QDS) provides investment strategies and quantitative models and bespoke strategies to external clients and the sales desk. We are looking for proactive, self-starting individual to be part of QDS Asia group. This is a challenging role and offering exposure to an interesting, dynamic product group and work environment to build your career in.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support of tactical trading ideas for Pan-Asia equities (Delta 1, derivative)
• Support of bespoke Pan-Asia market analysis from a quantitative angle (flows, positioning, market dynamics, macro, etc)
• Support of providing tactical and systematic hedge strategies with D1 and/or option (bespoke and broad based)
• Support of new market flow analysis – custom analysis, data extraction, data / strategy feed
• Support for new equity and multi-asset index development - back testing, coding, tweaking codes etc.

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree with a quantitative discipline (BE, BTech, MS in Maths/Statistics/Financial Engineering)
• 1-3 years of prior exposure to Quants/EQD/D1/Index Research or desk strat role is preferred.
• Computer Skills: programming skills such as Python (mandatory), Linux (mandatory), Git (preferred), C++ (preferred).
• Must be able to flexibly respond to changes in priorities, be able to communicate results to a less-technical audience, work well in a team and be comfortable in a front office environment.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proactiveness / Initiative taking & Teamwork

What you'll get in return

Be part of a top tier International Bank in Hong Kong
Career development and top-notch employee opportunities
Forward-looking environment defined by open communication, collaboration, learning and dedicated career management

What you need to do now
If you are interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ or forward your latest resume to Kalpana.charles@hays.com.my If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career at +603 7611 8666