Senior Quantitative Analyst, TDS

at  TD Bank

JOB REQUIREMENTS :

What can you bring to TD? Share your credentials, but your relevant experience and knowledge can be just as likely to get our attention. It helps if you have:

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATIONS:

Required: BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance or equivalent work experience.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of relevant experience supporting and managing changes in Fixed Income, Interest rate derivatives, Credit, and FX systems and/or business space
• Strong understanding of linear and non-linear interest rate and credit derivatives, Fixed Income, FX and Cash products
• Experience working with quant analytical libraries
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to explain and present complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike
• Executing queries, building use-case scenarios for business requests and small enhancements
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with competing demands
• Knowledge of the software development life cycle and release management processes
• Working knowledge of Capital Markets technology platforms, including trade booking source systems and downstream reporting systems
• Distinct ability and experience to lead data quality assessment and project implementation work gained through management experience
• Experienced stakeholder management through both formal and informal means
• Ability to influence outside the area of assigned formal authority; consequently, the person should be diplomatic and exhibit cultural and political awareness.
• Experience with applications such as Calypso, Bloomberg and other Fixed Income market data and trade processing systems is a plus

WHO WE ARE:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

TD Securities, the wholesale trading subsidiary of TD Bank is seeking a self-starting, motivated and high-performing individual to become a strong contributor in its dynamic technology organization.
This is a prominent and complex role that will require the individual to interface with finance, operations, risk management, front office staff and other technology teams regularly. The role consists of leading the effort to plan, manage, and lead the delivery of detailed system requirements and technical / functional specifications in alignment with standards and frameworks. Provide technical leadership and work in close partnership with business partners / technology / project teams and stakeholders to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate and manage detailed functional specifications.
The candidate should effectively leverage and extend the Valuation Services (VS/RCS/VSX), Veritas and Risk platforms by increasing the product coverage and number of trading desks, integrating with downstream regulatory reporting, risk aggregation and P&L Attribution systems, produce pre-trade pricing, intraday risk and provide a variety of related services for derived market data, trade data and other related data firm-wide.
The role requires a strong business and technical foundation within Capital markets, specifically working knowledge of Fixed Income, Interest rate derivatives, Credit, and FX products, as well as a firm understanding of option theory. This role has a strong emphasis on being adaptable and responsive and is very hands-on.

THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:

• Review of project documentation, functional and non-functional requirements documents and business plans
• Conduct data analysis and reconcile multiple data sources
• Ad-hoc analysis, reporting, and presentation materials to support the decision making of executives
• Communicate effectively throughout the organization and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Independently investigate and resolve client support issues.
• Training new/existing clients and implementation teams on software.
• Provide internal mentoring and input into the direction of product development.
• Provide advice to clients on implementation/customisation requirements
• Identification of bugs and writing of resolution test plans.
• Design and create test cases for new software features
• Interact and communicate with clients and implementation teams
• Perform presentations on various methodologies, solutions and project results to clients