Hybrid Quant Analyst (Macro) bei Verition Group LLC

Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008.  Verition focuses on global investment strategies including Global Credit, Global Convertible, Volatility & Capital Structure Arbitrage, Event-Driven Investing, Equity Long/Short & Capital Markets Trading, and Global Quantitative Trading.

We are seeking a Quantitative Analyst to join one of our Fixed Income trading teams. This is an ideal position for an early career applicant looking to join an investment team with a path to eventual alpha generation and portfolio management.

Responsibilities:   

• Design and develop various tools in Python that will be crucial for analysis, research, trading, and risk management purposes   
• Design and build robust and scalable systems that can automatically collect, store, and transform data coming from various sources    
• Use these tools/systems to help direct and augment investment theses and processes     
• Enhance current risk management systems and create efficient risk visualization tools    
• Ensure integrity of data management pipeline and the underlying data itself, and actively identify, diagnose, and remedy data issues    
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements for existing systems and platforms    
• Communicate regularly with team managers across Portfolio managers, Ops, and Technology    
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal tech and data teams, researchers, traders, and outside vendors    
• Commitment to safeguarding team information and adhering to business sensitivity     
• Ultimately be responsible for adding discernable allocatable value to the business bottom line 

Qualifications:   

• 1-2 years of professional experience (finance experience preferable).    
• High proficiency in VBA, Python, Linux and Bloomberg Terminal   
• High attention to detail with great critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and ability to tackle complex design problems systematically and methodically    
• Ability to prioritize tasks appropriately and communicate effectively with proper escalation of issues, risks, and concerns    
• Interest in financial data and in joining a new, growing team
• Passion for data management    
• Team player with a positive attitude   
• Fast learner, able to pick up new concepts/tasks/projects quickly and unafraid to ask questions