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Financial Engineer - 12 Month Contract

London

Posted Jun 26, 2024 - Requisition No. 126188

Derivatives professionals require accurate valuations to assess risk and move with confidence. We provide an integrated solution for every step of the derivatives workflow, across all asset classes. Our models are fed with high quality data giving you the context you need, so you can trade confidently and stay ahead of the markets.

What’s the role?

You will be joining a specialized area of Bloomberg that concentrates on offering premium structuring, valuation and risk services to our clients including cross-asset flexible, customizable tools and models that illustrate valuation transparency.

We will trust you to:

• Work closely with Financial Engineers to understand current infrastructure, gather requirements and design solutions

• Work with Engineers to get familiar with Bloomberg technology stack and decide how to proceed with the implementation of the solutions

• Proceed with the coding, testing and implementation of new solutions and the migration of existing solutions

• Be a key contributor to the team, drive the incorporation of new technologies, improve development practices and share your knowledge to drive the growth of the team.

• Be creative and flexible to solve highly complex problems while understanding the scope and impact of your work.

You'll need to have:

Master's degree in a technical area (such as Math, Physics or Engineering), quantitative finance field required. PhD a plus.

• A proven track-record in developing in Python/Javascript for financial applications in a professional environment

• The ability to gather requirements and to design solutions accordingly

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to articulate clearly in group presentations and in interactions with clients, via phone or face-to-face.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex and cross-asset environment.

• Ability to work with multiple groups across reporting lines.

We'd love to see:

• Recent experience at a Dealer (or at other top financial institutions) in financial engineering, model validation or front office setting

• Cross asset derivatives and market risk experience.

• Experience using Bloomberg, and other derivative pricing platforms

*Please note we use years of experience as a guide but we certainly will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.

If this sounds like you:Apply if you think we're a good match! We'll get in touch with you to let you know what the next steps are.Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Bloomberg is a disability inclusive employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email emea_recruit@bloomberg.net. Alternatively, you can get support from our disability partner EmployAbility, please contact +44 7852 764 684 or info@employ-ability.org.uk