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Keywords: engineering, mathematics, quantitative research, quants, programming, finance, modelling, models, curve stripping, risk, valuation, interest rates, derivatives, OTC, stochastic calculus
About the job
This role operates under direction from line manager to support the Financing and Collateral area.
This role focuses on the global management, development, delivery, maintenance and support of Research’s cross-asset analytics software libraries:
- Development and implementation of quantitative methodologies to be used for market risk measurement
- Development and adaptation of existing methodologies in order to be used to measure capital add-ons associated to non-modellable risk factors and standard calculations
- Maintain, co-ordinate and enhance development environment, communication, tests and best practices
- Design of innovative analytic/implementation approaches, system architecture, code optimisation, interfaces, etc.
- Development, delivery and support of tools based on Fixed Income and Equity Derivatives Research’s analytics libraries
This requires a strong and permanent cooperation with other quantitative developers and analysts, as well as with the trading desks and the Global Markets IT division to ensure all quant developments integrate optimally with the IT ecosystem, thereby ensuring the best deliveries to the business.
Your Main Activities Are
- Maintain and enhance pricing analytics, co-ordinate and share knowledge with quants in other locations, improve interfaces, optimise code, follow the team's best practices.
- Develop, test, deliver and support tools based on analytics libraries
- As and when needed liaise with relevant internal functions such as various teams in the IT Department and Market Risk
- Help the bank adapt to new regulations and capital charges by providing tools to estimate their impacts
- Development and implementation of analytic tools to calculate the various pricing analytics adjustments, including cost of collateral, counterparty risk, cost of funding, cost of capital and bank’s resources management
- Support the teams on pricing all related requests
- Develop risk management tools
- Develop tools for financing and collateral team, trading strategy team, Finance, relative to XVA, Leverage, margin calculation, collateral optimisation, balance sheet monitoring, and all other analytics relative to XVA, capital, or cost of financing securities or derivatives
- Participate to the development of pricing models and tools for initial margin computation and its cost of funding
- Participate to the joint development of the platform for regulatory /XVA/Financing side, and the Front office platform
- Contribution to the development of the team analytics library
- Contribution to the development of the global quantitative library used for valuations and risks of BNP Paribas Global Market Books
- Design innovative and performant analytic approaches for XVA, Regulatory, and Financing computations
- Design and implement new pricing, risk management tools and methodologies, and improve the existing ones
- Support the desks on issues related to prices and trades
- Hands on C++, C# and python coding of new features in the system with an emphasis on well tested, high quality code which is performant when required
Profile and Skills to Success
- Masters or PhD degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Physics or Engineering
- Interest in how financial markets and instruments work
- Analytical mind set with attention to details
- Solid experience with at least one programming language
- Fluency in English
It will be a nice plus if you have:
- Knowledge of one class of financial instruments: Equity, FX, Interest Rates, Credit or OTC derivatives
- Knowledge of key concepts in financial mathematics and stochastic calculus
- Experience with an interpreted language (Python, JavaScript, Matlab)
- Experience with a compiled language (C++, C#, Java)
- Good understanding of Computer Science (algorithms, complexity, data structures)
About the Team
Global Markets Quantitative Research and Engineering (GMQRE) is a highly motivated team of financial engineers and computer scientists based in Lisbon and Porto, researching and performing quantitative engineering on diverse cross asset topics in equity, interest rates, credit, FX and XVA.
We work on innovative financial models, contribute to pricing libraries, maintain and implement the architecture of closely-knit systems driving the booking and valuation framework of the bank.
Along with the data analsyst and data scientists of Quantitative Data Intelligence (QDI) and the GM Data and Artificial Intelligence Lab, we are more than 60 high caliber engineers part of the Global Markets Front Office and we collaborate closely with Trading, Sales, Risk and IT across Asia, Europe and Americas on daily basis.
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Why joining BNP Paribas?
- Leading banking institution
Leading player in banking and financial services in Europe, BNP Paribas operates in 64 countries and has nearly 178,000 employees, including more than 144,000 in Europe
- International reach
The Group holds key positions in several areas of banking and financial services that are structured around three operating divisions:
- Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) connects companies needing financing and institutional clients looking for investment opportunities division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.
- Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS) brings together all our commercial banks and several specialised businesses
- Investment & Protection Services (IPS) combines a unique continuum of products and services across protection, saving, investment and real estate including specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services
- Our presence in Portugal
In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 9.220 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 centres of expertise providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.
- Diversity and Inclusion commitment
BNP Paribas ´ambition is to cultivate an open and responsive environment for all that encourages collaboration and interaction. We demonstrate our commitment by actively contributing to the Group’s Diversity and Inclusion strategy and goals, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As part of our local Corporate and Social Responsibility – Diversity & Inclusion strategy, BNP Paribas Portugal is committed to:
- Promote a fair and unbiased recruitment process and offer professional development opportunities to all employees
- Celebrate diversity and advocate for inclusion, both externally and internally, encouraging employee’s participation, creating space for different voices to be heard.
To foster the effort of BNP Paribas Portugal, multiple initiatives and events take place throughout the year where our people can find out more on the importance of diversity inclusion at the workplace and in our society.
- Remote Working Conditions
At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working options adapted to our hybrid working environment. To ensure a comfortable and efficient working setup, eligible employees are provided with both office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional items at reduced prices.
- Commitment towards work/life balance
Supporting employees in a hybrid way of working while providing them with the means to maintain a work-life balance is an essential dimension of our Smart Working program. At BNP Paribas, we care about our employees’ wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and personal life.
To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas please read our Employee Value Proposition and our Career path page.
* Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.
* In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.