Job vacancies in Europe, Middle East & Africa
Lead Pricing Structurer
Phoenix Group
Description:
We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.
The role
We have an incredible new career opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group to join ourStructuring Team as a Senior Pricing Structurer – Paternity Cover, embedded within our solutions business.
Structuring is a newly established team within Phoenix whose mandate covers all investment product for which there is some capital component, spanning equities, fixed income, funds, credit and alternatives. We work alongside actuaries, portfolio managers, risk and proposition teams to develop investment solutions to meet the needs of end clients and wholesale partners. In addition to product development, the team is also responsible for creating sophisticated models for capital assessment, pricing, profitability monitoring and ongoing management of our propositions.
We are seeking a Senior Pricing Structurer – Paternity Cover, where you will be working in a fast paced and greenfield environment to develop new strategies and products, and to help build on the foundations of our platform.
Location: London, UK
Senior Quant Analyst - Fixed Income
Just Group plc
Description:
We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.
We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.
That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.
Location: London, UK
Public Credit Quant Senior Analyst
Just Group plc
Description:
We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.
We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.
That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.
Location: London, UK
Trainee/Junior Adviser - Valuation (Risk Consulting) (m/f/d) (1418)
KPMG Luxembourg
Description:
We are seeking a Trainee/Junior Consultant in Valuation for our Risk Consulting department.
Risk Consulting delivers a wide range of risk related services to our clients. A career as Valuation Aand Risk Advisor in our financial engineering team provides you with hands-on opportunities to learn how to help our clients in analyzing, validating, developing and implementing complex valuations, financial models and other risk related solutions designed at protecting or adding value to their business. Our engagements are a mix of short and long duration, client-site and office-based work in Luxembourg and across borders.
Location: Luxembourg, Netherlands
Trading Risk Analyst
Dare
Description:
This is a key role within the Trading Risk and Operations team, you will be involved in business-critical key risk projects and be responsible for implementing and reporting risk metrics associated with the firm’s trading activities, providing valuable insight into market activities to allow the firm to make optimal investment decisions.
Location: London, UK
Quantitative Finance Manager
HR Resolve, US
Description:
An industry-leading audit firm is looking for a Quantitative Finance Specialist/Manager to join their team of professionals in Cape Town.
In this role, you would be a part of the ARQ team and interact with clients and audit teams whilst being able to understand and solve their unique technical problems.
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Internal Audit, Quantitative Analytics Group, Director (AVP equivalent)
Morgan Stanley
Description:
We are seeking someone to join our team as a Director in the Quantitative Analytics Group (QAG) within Internal Audit, which provides an independent model audit control service for most of the firm’s pricing and regulatory market, operational and credit risk models. The successful candidate would be responsible for executing and leading assurance activities related to model risk with a specific focus on the UK and PRA requirements in EMEA.
The Internal Audit Division (IAD) drives attention and resources to vulnerabilities by providing an independent and well-informed view and impactful messages about the most important risks facing our Firm. This is accomplished by performing a range of assurance activities to independently assess the quality and effectiveness of Morgan Stanley’s system of internal control, including risk management and governance systems and processes. IAD serves as an objective and independent function within the Firm’s risk management framework to foster continual improvement of risk management processes. This is a Director level role within the Technical Specialist job family, which is responsible for providing extensive subject matter expertise and reinforcing the ability of business and technology audit teams to appropriately assess risk and determine and execute coverage.
Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Quant Analyst
EMFusion
Description:
A leading Tier 1 bank is seeking a highly skilled Quantitative Analyst (Quant Analyst) to join its dynamic team in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, implementing, and validating quantitative models across various asset classes, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business needs.
Location: London, UK
Quantitative Analyst
Generali
Description:
Within the Group Chief Investment function, we are looking for a talented and proactive resource to join the team and who will report to the Head of Quantitative Analysis and Modeling.
Location: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Investment Portfolio Associate
USS
Description:
In your role as Investment Portfolio Associate you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset.
This role will provide a great opportunity to join the Strategy Delivery team within the Investment Strategy & Advice (ISA) department at USS Investment Management (USSIM) Limited – the dedicated investment manager and advisor for USS, one of the UK’s largest pension schemes.
The ISA department plays a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the overall investment strategy, delivering expert advice across both Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) sections of the scheme.
Within this, the Strategy Delivery team acts as a crucial link, supporting the ISA function and the Asset Allocation Committee (AAC) by translating high-level asset allocation decisions into effective, actionable investment solutions.
This includes designing and managing practical implementation plans for DB and DC portfolios, ensuring they are efficient, robust, and aligned with strategic objectives.
It’s a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful long-term financial outcomes within a high-performing and purpose-driven organisation.
Location: London, UK
Senior Quantitative Analyst
Nedbank
Description:
Please see job role.
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Senior Manager - Market Risk
Emirates NBD
Description:
Market & Treasury Credit Risk (MTCR) is a Group Risk function, independent of all business units. The unit focuses on identification, measurement, monitoring, reporting and overall management of market & counterparty credit risk. The unit has direct ownership and responsibility for ENBD UAE and its international branches in Singapore, London, Mumbai and KSA. Additionally the unit provides governance oversight, assistance and consultation for market and counterparty credit risk matters to risk and business stakeholders at group subsidiary entities namely Emirates Islamic, ENBD Egypt and DenizBank.
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Manager - Market Risk (Quant)
Campion Pickworth
Description:
Our client is looking for a Quantitative Analyst to join the Market Risk and Derivatives Pricing team within their London office with hybrid working. You would be leading a series of regulatory and risk modelling projects including Derivative Pricing, Market Risk and CVA. To be successful in the role you will have a strong quantitative academic and technical background, a creative approach to work and effective communication skills.
Location: London, UK
Multi-Asset Quantitative Research Analyst
Mason Blake
Description:
Our client, a large UK asset manager is looking to hire a Senior Quantitative Analyst to join the Multi-Asset investment team. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting quantitative research and analysis within the multi-asset solution space.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement algorithmic portfolio execution strategies based on academic and in-house quantitative research, as well as incorporating data sources and models
- Develop machine learning and portfolio optimisation models
- Analyse both qualitative and quantitative data in relation to portfolio holdings
- Build quantitative screens to support investment process
- Lead research into signal generation and portfolio risk/return optimisation
- Prepare report reports on wider investment rends and communicate with wider investment team on both high-level ideas and deep dive research
Location: London, United Kingdom
Quantitative Analyst - Derivatives Pricing and Market Risk
Campion Pickworth
Description:
Our client is looking for a Quantitative Analyst to join the Market Risk and Derivatives Pricing team within their London office with hybrid working. You would be leading a series of regulatory and risk modelling projects including Derivative Pricing, Market Risk and CVA. To be successful in the role you will have a strong quantitative academic and technical background, a creative approach to work and effective communication skills.
Location: London, UK
Portfolio Risk Analyst
Mason Blake
Description:
A leading Asset Management firm is seeking a personable and knowledgeable individual to join their portfolio risk team. Working amongst 3 other portfolio risk specialists, you will support Portfolio Managers across long-only and long/short equity strategies. In the role you will work directly with Portfolio Managers to advise on risk management and portfolio construction.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Junior Quant Implementation Consultant- London
Quant Capital
Description:
Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Junior Implementation Consultant to join our high profile client.
Our client is a well-known leading provider of integrated risk, analytics and trading solutions for the global financial markets. Their clients include some of the largest global financial institutions and banks, leading hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, brokers, clearing members and corporates.
You will be part a team building cutting-edge applications and services supporting cross-asset trading and risk management. The successful candidate will have a passion for software development or implementation and the desire to constantly improve both their skills and the solutions they work on.
Location: Warsaw, Poland
SENIOR SCORE MODELS – CORNELLÀ DE LLOBREGAT
Claire Joster Selection
Description:
Please see job role.
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Equity Index Rebalancing – Quant Index Analyst
J.K. Barnes
Description:
Multi $Bn hedge fund with a strong track record, institutional investor base, and a world class infrastructure are looking to hire an experienced analyst to become the number 2 in a successful team. You will be working on the core strategy alongside the PM and will be very influential to the performance of the portfolio, ultimately setting you up to build a track record and eventually moving into a PM position.
Location: London, UK
Quant Trader – Equities, Futures, FX
J.K. Barnes
Description:
Our client, a small hedge fund that has doubled in size over the last year to $4Bn AUM, have improved their infrastructure substantially and therefore looking for shorter term horizon traders. The requirement is for those that have holding periods between 30 mins to 2 days and sharpe ratios above 2+ on their strategies.
They are looking for Quant Portfolio Managers, Traders, Sub PM’s or even strong researchers that can prove that they have the ability to take on such responsibilities.
Location: London, UK
Senior Adviser - Valuation & Risk - Consulting Practice (m/f/d)
KPMG Luxembourg
Description:
We are seeking an Senior Adviser in Valuation & Risk for our Consulting department
Risk Consulting delivers a wide range of risk related services to our clients. A career as an Experienced Valuation and Risk Consultant in our financial engineering team provides you with hands-on opportunities to help our clients in analyzing, validating, developing, and implementing complex valuations, financial models and other risk related solutions designed at protecting or adding value to their business. Our engagements are a mix of short and long duration, client-site, and office-based work in Luxembourg and across borders.
We are seeking outstanding individuals who will enhance a team committed to be the market leader by size and reputation.
Location: Luxembourg
Systematic Equity Statistical Arbitrage Portfolio Manager / Trader
J.K. Barnes
Description:
Our client is a mid sized hedge fund in the systematic trading/ quant finance space. They are looking to hire a quant PM in the quant equity/ stat arb space with a live track record and strong quantitative background. My client is offering a strong upside opportunity with a culture dedicated to innovation and low turnover. They provide a robust infrastructure and the ability to maximize exposure given the size of the fund.
Location: New York, Chicago, Texas, London, Singapore, Hong Kong
Systematic Equity Statistical Arbitrage Quant Researcher
J.K. Barnes
Description:
Our client is a systematic multi-strat hedge fund looking to expand its systematic equity effort. The fund is looking for a quantitative researcher with experience working on developing systematic stat arb equity strategies. The ideal candidate with have hands on experience in alpha research, data analysis and coding in Python and/or C++.
Location: New York, London, Texas, Chicago, Hong Kong, Singapore.
Buy Side Quant Equities Index Analyst
J.K. Barnes
Description:
A large hedge fund with a strong track record, institutional investor base, and world-class infrastructure is looking to hire an experienced analyst to become the number 2 in a successful team. You will be working on the core strategy alongside the PM and will be very influential to the performance of the portfolio, ultimately setting you up to build a track record and eventually moving into a PM position.
Location: New York, Chicago - United States / UK / Hong Kong, Singapore
IDB3139 - Risk Management Specialist - Corporate Middle Office
Islamic Development Bank
Description:
Support formulation of Bank-wide Valuation Policy on assets and security collaterals in OCR and other funds. Perform independent valuation function and provide guidance on impairments. Ensure adherence to the investment policies in the respective fund portfolios as managed/administered by Investment Department. Performance monitoring from risk, return and compliance perspectives.
Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
IDB3380 - Senior Risk Management Specialist – Market & Model Risk
Islamic Development Bank
Description:
The purpose of the job is to manage the implementation and execution of the bank’s model risk management framework. This includes participating in the implementation of model risk management policies and procedures, performing ongoing model risk monitoring, undertaking model validation, identifying & reporting on model risk, and maintaining a model inventory.
Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Quantitative Risk Manager
BDO UK LLP
Description:
Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry.
Location: London, UK
Model Risk Experts
Cypher Consulting Europe
Description:
Join our team of Model Risk Stewards, where you'll be part of Independent Model Review (IMR), a specialized quantitative group dedicated to validating models. Regardless of your experience level in quantitative model validation, from entry-level graduates to seasoned professionals, we encourage you to apply as we have roles suited to various levels.
Location: Krakow, Poland
Fixed Income Quant Manager
Just Group plc
Description:
We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.
We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.
That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.
Location: London, UK
Model Validator
Nationale-Nederlanden
Description:
Please see job role.
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Senior Risk Analyst
Janus Henderson Investors
Description:
We are seeking a Senior Risk Analyst to join the Alternatives Investment Risk team, supporting a multi-strategy, multi-asset portfolios. The nature of the role demands a quantitative mindset, programming ability, good knowledge of factor models and derivatives. You will possess good communication and interpersonal skills, a good understanding of risk models and different investment processes combined with self-sufficiency and initiatives.
The Investment Risk team is a front-office function. You will support the Head of Alternatives Investment Risk in ensuring the fund risk profile reflect client expectations and continuously improving the risk-adjusted returns delivered to clients. This will include but not limited to working closely with Portfolio Managers, identifying both explicit and hidden risks in the portfolios, and taking ownership of escalation and resolution of issues when identified. You will also help analyse returns to quantify and understand drivers of performance.
Location: London, UK
Quantitative Analytics Group Director, P3, Technical Specialist Audit: Job Level - Director
Morgan Stanley
Description:
We are seeking someone to join our team as a Director in the Quantitative Analytics Group (QAG) within Internal Audit, which provides an independent model audit control service for most of the firm’s pricing and regulatory market, operational and credit risk models. The successful candidate would be responsible for executing and leading assurance activities related to model risk with a specific focus on the UK and PRA requirements in EMEA.
The Internal Audit Division (IAD) drives attention and resources to vulnerabilities by providing an independent and well-informed view and impactful messages about the most important risks facing our Firm. This is accomplished by performing a range of assurance activities to independently assess the quality and effectiveness of Morgan Stanley’s system of internal control, including risk management and governance systems and processes. IAD serves as an objective and independent function within the Firm’s risk management framework to foster continual improvement of risk management processes. This is a Director level role within the Technical Specialist job family, which is responsible for providing extensive subject matter expertise and reinforcing the ability of business and technology audit teams to appropriately assess risk and determine and execute coverage.
Location: London, UK
Senior Model Developer – Credit Risk Methodologies
ING Hubs Poland
Description:
ING’s vision is to unlock our people’s full potential through our inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop and have impact for our customers and society. To achieve this vision, our policies support diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind with regard to age, gender, gender identity, cultural background, experience, religion, race, ethnicity, disability, family responsibilities, sexual orientation, social origin, or any other status protected by applicable law. If you require any assistance or if we can accommodate you in any way when participating in our application and/or interview process, please email the recruiting contact listed for the relevant position. We will be happy to work with you to ensure a fair and accessible process. Read more about our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging here.
Location: Warsaw, Poland
FSRM Credit Quant - Senior
EY
Description:
EY's Financial Services Office (FSO) is a unique, industry-focused business unit that provides a broad range of integrated services that leverage deep industry experience with strong functional capability and product knowledge. FSO practice provides integrated advisory services to financial institutions and other capital markets participants, including commercial banks, investment banks, broker-dealers, asset managers (traditional and alternative), insurance and energy trading companies, and the Corporate Treasury functions of leading Fortune 500 Companies. The service offerings provided by the FSO Advisory include: market, credit and operational risk management, regulatory advisory, quantitative advisory, structured finance transaction, actuarial advisory, technology enablement, risk and security, program advisory, and process & controls.
Within EY’s FSO Advisory Practice, the Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) group provides solutions that can help FSO clients to identify, measure, manage and monitor the market (trading book), credit (banking book), operational, and regulatory risks associated with their trading, asset-liability management, capital management and other capital markets activities.
Within FSRM, the Market Risk (MR) team assists clients to design and implement strategic and functional changes across risk management, treasury, front office, middle office, and back office activities with a focus on risk and valuation processes, regulatory compliance, analytics, strategy, and organizational structure. Practical implementation knowledge of risk and capital management is a key competency of MR, focused on regulatory capital, market and counterparty credit risk management and broker-dealer capital requirements. Clients include large domestic and global financial institutions, broker-dealers, foreign banking organizations, asset management firms and insurance companies with significant capital markets activities. Project teams frequently work with the senior management of these firms, including CFOs and CROs.
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Trading Risk Manager
Sympower
Description:
Sympower is quickly scaling its flexible asset trading and optimization platform in Europe. Our portfolio and pipeline include sizable BESS projects, which we optimize across wholesale and ancillary services markets.
Location: Sweden
Model Validation - Specialist
Shell
Description:
The candidate will participate in the assignments of the Group validating Models used in the for valuation and risk measurement of Financial Portfolios, Assets and Instruments as well as the formulation of Input and Output information from the Global Energy markets. She or he is based in London, Houston, Singapore or Bangalore.
Location: Singapore, Singapore, London, UK, Houston TX, USA, Bangalore, India
Quantitative Risk Senior Manager/ Manager
BDO UK
Description:
We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.
We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.
We’ll broaden your horizons
Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry.
We’ll help you succeed.
Location: London, UK
Junior Data Scientist / Analyst for Statistical and Algorithmic Model Validation
Banco Sabadell
Description:
Please see job role.
Location: Madrid, Spain
Data Scientist / Analyst for IRB Credit Risk Model Validation
Banco Sabadell
Description:
Please see job role.
Location: Madrid, Spain
Model Risk Data Scientist Expert
Banco Sabadell
Description:
Please see job role.
Location: Madrid, Spain
Senior Consultant Quantitative Advisory Services - Financial Services Risk Management - Requisition ID: 1603895
EY
Description:
EY is currently seeking highly motivated individuals to be part of our Quantitative Advisory Services (QAS) team. You will use analytics and quantitative techniques to help our clients solve Financial Services Risk Management issues facing the financial services sector, drive business efficiencies, and manage risks in our client’s portfolios. Our team is engaged in high exposure quantitative service projects related to the development and validation of financial models used for managing market and credit risks and advanced analytics.
Location: Amsterdam
Quantitative Analyst
Jabal Asset Management
Description:
To support investment decision-making by developing, testing, and maintaining quantitative models and strategies using statistical and mathematical techniques. The Quantitative Analyst will collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, and researchers to identify alpha-generating opportunities and improve risk-adjusted returns.