Financial Modeling Quantitative Developer -Portfolio Risk

  • Company

    BlackRock Inc.
  • Location

    USA-NY-New York City
  • Compensation

    not disclosed
  • Position Type

    Employee
  • Employment type

    Full time
  • Updated

    09 May 2008
  • eFC Ref no

    409216
See job description below

BlackRock Solutions offers risk management, financial advisory, technology and investment accounting services and technology infrastructure and support services internally to BlackRock as well as to a variety of large institutional investors.

The Financial Modeling Group (FMG) is responsible for the research and development of financial models underpinning the risk management analytics produced at BlackRock. The group also contributes to the infrastructure and software responsible for the production of analytics and the delivery of analytic content to portfolio and risk management professionals both within and outside BlackRock. Given the diversity of business objectives among BlackRock Solutions clients and within BlackRock itself, the models developed and supported by Financial Modeling group span a wide array of financial products, ranging from equity to fixed income to derivatives. In addition, members of FMG seek to provide analysis and insight on a many different levels from analysis of the cash flows of a single bond to the overall financial risk associated with an entire portfolio, enterprise, or balance sheet.

Role Description

We are seeking a Junior (1-3 Years of development experience ) member of the group responsible for implementing our multifactor risk model in BondCalc, our security valuation engine, and in PortfolioRiskTools, an interactive, client-server application for estimating portfolio return distributions under varying assumptions and hedges. Over time the role will grow into more financial modeling responsibility with exposure to equity and fixed income parametric return models, time series analysis, and portfolio optimization.

Requirements:

  • Degree in computer science, engineering, math, or physics.
  • 1-3 years of industry experience.
  • Strong programming skills in C++, Java, and/or PERL with SQL.
  • Aptitude for math and analytical problem solving ability.
  • Responsibilities:

  • All phases of software development on the calculation servers and related analytical reports using C++ and SQL.
  • All phases of software development on the PortfolioRiskTools product using Java and Perl.
  • Configuration of risk model and related time series data using Perl and SQL.
  • Investigation and resolution of client issues related to VaR, Tracking Error, Stress Testing and Performance Attribution.
  • Work with product manager and clients to design new portfolio optimization functionality and related analytics.
  • Skills

    See Job Description.

    • Company:

      BlackRock Inc.

    • Recruiter Ref:

      2149

    • Note: Please quote eFC Ref: 409216 when applying for this job!

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