Equity Finance Quantitative Strategist — VP/SVP

Jefferies
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 175,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Self-starter","Client-facing","Team collaboration"]

Join a high-impact quant team embedded within the Equity Finance trading desk to own the full lifecycle of quantitative models—from research to production deployment—that drive P&L, optimize liquidity and funding, and deliver client-ready analytics. Work across equity swaps, securities finance, and prime brokerage with direct trader partnership, a global team, and cutting-edge AI/ML tooling on modern infrastructure.

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3 months ago

Equity Finance Quantitative Strategist — VP/SVP

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Job Summary

Join a high-impact quant team embedded within the Equity Finance trading desk to own the full lifecycle of quantitative models—from research to production deployment—that drive P&L, optimize liquidity and funding, and deliver client-ready analytics. Work across equity swaps, securities finance, and prime brokerage with direct trader partnership, a global team, and cutting-edge AI/ML tooling on modern infrastructure.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement pre-trade optimization models for funding, liquidity risk, and tenor mismatch
  • •Build factor analytics engines, custom basket construction tools, and risk decomposition frameworks
  • •Develop forward funding rate projection models and collateral optimization algorithms
  • •Create P&L attribution, risk factor analysis, and scenario modelling across Equity Swaps and Securities Finance
  • •Partner directly with hedge funds and institutional clients to design and optimize custom basket strategies

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 175,000 - 300,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Advanced degree (MSc/PhD) in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline
  • •5+ years’ experience in a quantitative role within Equity Swaps, Prime Brokerage, Securities Finance, or a quantitative hedge fund
  • •Expert Python developer — production-quality code, not just notebooks
  • •Strong foundation in statistics, optimization, and financial mathematics
  • •Client-facing experience — comfortable presenting quantitative solutions to sophisticated institutional investors
Experience:FinanceTradingQuantitative financeHedge fundsEquity swapsSecurities finance
Education:Master's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingSelf-starterClient-facingTeam collaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonAWSS3RedshiftLambdaAirflowMWAAClaude CodeLLMsCopilotScikit-learnXGBoostPyTorchSQLDashboards

Company Brief

Jefferies
Global investment banking and capital markets firm providing advisory, underwriting, trading, research, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and institutional investors.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1962
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