An excellent opportunity has emerged to play a key roll in developing and maintaining price verification processes for the full range of products covered by this award winning team, and to contribute to the development of reserve policies in these areas. For the right candidate this experience would open up a number of rewarding career opportunities, both in London or possibly other international postings, as the candidate will be reporting directly to Managing Directors and provided with fast-track training to becoming MD’s sooner than if this individual worked anywhere else. This top-tiered bank is renowned for its cutting edge approach to finance and is recognised globally as market leaders.



Responsibilities:

-Maintaining and developing price verification processes for credit and mortgage (ABS, MBS, CMBS) products in EMEA, with primary focus on the approaches to independently valuing

-Illiquid assets - especially distressed and illiquid corporate securities,

-Structured credit transactions – CDO’s, CDO^2s, options

-ABS, MBS, CMBS

-Ensuring effective and timely communication of results and risks to senior management

-Pre-trade analysis of valuation and model appropriateness

-Review of appropriate valuation methodology post trade

-Full book pricing review

-Contributing to development of knowledge of the wider Finance team

-Developing and ensuring the appropriateness of valuation adjustment methodologies.

-The candidate will need to build strong working relationships with senior business and finance management, risk management and fellow professionals in other support groups



Skills, education and experience:

-Highly numerate problem solver, good spreadsheet and systems skills. Strong numerical aptitude required, demonstrated by proven academic record.

-Extensive experience of price verification and valuation of illiquid assets and structured transactions

-The candidate will be a self-starter capable of acting on their own initiative and confident talking to Front Office and Risk on issue identification and resolution.

-Experience in an investment banking environment or alternatively gained from major exposure to investment banking clients in practice.

-Strong IT skills in access, excel and VBA.



Individual will be working in an exceptional team, and offered bonuses rare in this market.



To apply please contact quantexotic@selbyjennings.com with CV in word format.

www.selbyjennings.com

+ 44 (0) 207 019 4137