Quantitative Financial Analyst

About company :

Clearwater Analytics® is the leading provider of web-based investment portfolio accounting, reporting, and reconciliation services for corporate treasuries, insurance companies, investment managers, and other institutional investors. Clearwater aggregates, reconciles, and reports on more than $3 trillion in assets across thousands of accounts daily. For more than a decade, Clearwater has remained committed to helping investors rethink how they approach their investment accounting and reporting challenges.

Clearwater is looking for talented individuals who thrive on solving problems and developing new skills. Clearwater offers a competitive compensation package, exposure to cutting-edge Financial Market issues & information, business casual workplace, beautiful surroundings and a great work-life balance.

Job Summary: 

The Quantitative Financial Analyst (QFA) plays a crucial role in designing and testing financial models at Clearwater. They work with a diverse range of financial products and quantitative modeling techniques across various asset classes, encompassing risk metrics, amortization, and performance models. This role involves access to back-office pricing systems and validation libraries for benchmarking and model testing. The QFA conducts research on different financial models and suggests optimal solutions, effectively communicating and coordinating outcomes with relevant departments. 

Responsibilities: 

• Researches and develops mathematical models for advanced financial calculations. 
• Develops, maintains, and executes test plans for financial models. 
• Researches and analyzes various data to determine proper inputs for financial models. 
• Performs hands-on testing of new financial products or enhancements to existing products. 
• Defines complex scenarios and variations in data to adequately test the functionality. 
• Monitors and investigates the automated test results. 
• Submits defects in defect tracking system and retests and verifies these defects once they are fixed. 
• Interacts with other Financial Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and development teams to identify and refine requirements. 
• Reviews and provides feedback on requirements, design, and scope documents. 
• Assists with education and training regarding enhancements or newly created financial models.
• Assists developers in analyzing unexpected regressions for a code change. 
• Understands the data model for their domain, including the data consumed and produced by the code base. 
• Works with other teams to validate cross team changes. 
• Builds productive internal/external working relationships. 
• Verifies code changes that impact calculation methodologies within the projects they are working on. 
• Performs Acceptance testing where appropriate. 

Required Skills: 

• Extremely strong quantitative skills and advanced mathematics. 
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong documentation skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills. 
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities. 

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor's/master's degree in finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field. 
• 2+ years of relevant experience. 
• Experience in Performance Measurement Techniques including risk adjusted returns and alternative asset performance measurement methods. 
• Experience in Fixed Income Securities and Risk Analytics including cash flow analysis, OAS, and numerical methods. 
• Experience with Stochastic Modeling of Financial Markets. 
• Experience in Derivatives Pricing Models and Computing Implied Volatility. 
• SQL/Database experience.