Senior Quantitative Engineer
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Job description
- Enable the Equity Release Mortgage (ERM) Quant Engineering team to accelerate its delivery through partnering with various teams across RSAM, Actuarial, Finance, and Compliance to deliver tools, applications and reports that enable
- Better assessment and monitoring of risk
- Robust valuations
- Faster and more efficient calculation of capital
- End users to efficiency use the data, including robust technical and user documentation
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Ensure that the outputs are of the utmost accuracy and reliability through development of automated tests, supporting quant team's own manual testing, supporting user acceptance testing, and supporting Compliance model validation
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Understand the derivative data, strategy, tooling and workflow within Phoenix and use this to ensure derivative positions are modelled and valued correctly
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Identify EUC and models in wider functions where effective solutions can be developed in Beacon, then design and implement an end-to-end capability in partnership with each area to improve or retire EUCs all-together
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Continuously tune-in to strategic initiatives across the Capital Markets team to help prioritise deliveries to align in materiality to business objectives.
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Enhance the framework under which the Quant team builds and delivers is operating under appropriate controls
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Collaborate with other team members across the wider Quant Engineering to identify and solve problems, while being approachable and flexible, We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best. Find out more about #LifeAtPhoenix
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Guide for Candidates: www.thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
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Requirements
Do you have experience in VBA?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * A pro-active, self-motivated, energetic and "get things done" attitude
- Someone who is comfortable using their experience to challenge the status-quo and keep moving forward
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- A team player with excellent communication skills
Qualifications
- University Degree or ideally Masters' Degree or higher in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Actuarial Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related quantitative field
Knowledge & Experience:
Essential
- Expert level Python coding experience
- Track record of developing, executing and embedding new capabilities in fast moving functions
- Comprehensive understanding of financial markets, regulations, and industry trends
- Exensive experience in a financial or quantitative role
Desirable
- Experience with C#
- Experience with Beacon, Athena, SecDB or similar
- Experience with Excel / VBA
- Knowledge of the UK life insurance regulatory landscape including Solvency II
- Cloud development experience (e.g. AWS / Azure)
- Knowledge of asset management and BPA business
- Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle, controls, developing tests, and development best practice
Benefits & conditions
Flexible working: All our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Salary and benefits: £100,000 - £130,000 plus discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
