Job Reference: Lon18 | Added: 27th Jan 2012
Quantitative Analyst - Hedge Fund - London
LondonTitle: Quantitative Analyst - Hedge Fund - London
Sector: Finance
Location: London
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £40000 to 150000 per annum Benefits: Excellent Benefits and Bonus Scheme
Job Description:
Quantitative Analyst - Hedge Fund - LondonQuantitative Analyst required to join top London Hedge Fund. The top candidate will require an extremely high level of academia, coupled with strong mathematical ability and some knowledge of programming.
The role requires analysts to review large, dirty data sets, looking for patterns and anomalies among the noise, based on real world data. Experience in Statistics, Physics or Mathematics has been found to be most beneficial to this role. Techniques such as Probability Theory or Time Series Analysis are regular used, but no prior experience of these is necessary to your application.
You will require a PhD in a quantitative or related academic subject (Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Engineering, Machine Learning, etc) from a top university. They will happily consider exceptional Bachelors or Masters from a top university (Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial...). You will also require exceptional A Level grades.
Top academics from an international-equivalent University will also be considered.
You will require experience from your research using large, dirty data sets, finding anomalies and patterns. You will also require some programming experience in C++ or Matlab, C or R. Any further programming experience using scientific or OO-programming methods would be advantageous.
In return, you will receive a generous salary with a strong bonus and benefit scheme.
Key Words: London, C++, Matlab, C, R, Hedge Fund, Analyst, Quantitative, Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, Probability Theory, Time Series Analysis