Job Title Commodities Quantitative Strategist
Location London
Corporate Title Director
Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) is part of Group Chief Operation Office (COO) which acts as the bridge between the Bank’s businesses and infrastructure functions to help deliver the efficiency, control, and transformation goals of the Bank.
You will join the Commodities Strats team, within GSA, which is accountable for the pricing, risk, and profit & loss (P&L) functionality across commodity and commodity index within the banks strategic Kannon platform. You will be a member of a growing team assisting trading, structuring, middle/back office functions, risk and finance to use the platform. Alongside this, you would be performing analysis, design and implementation of extensions to the platform to facilitate new initiatives or remedy identified issues.
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What we’ll offer you
A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.
You can expect:
- Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
- Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
- 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
- Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
- A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
- The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year
Your key responsibilities
- Support the delivery of an immediate book of work already identified within the commodity derivatives, commodity indices and structured products businesses
- Provide desk support to trading to help analyse Risk and P&L issues day to day
- Continuously improving the existing codebase in a rapidly changing environment, to be able to efficiently develop new functionality
- Work closely with Traders, Risk, Finance and other stakeholders to understand requirements and design strategic solutions
Your skills and experience
- Good understanding of commodity derivative products
- Experienced primarily in modern C++ and Python development, proficiency in Python is highly beneficial
- Knowledge of front-office risk and P&L calculation with Investment Banking Front-Office application delivery experience.
- Excellent quantitative, modelling, pricing and risk management skills, demonstrated within a financial services environment
- Familiarity with volatility surface construction and calibration
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to explain complex requirements in an easily understandable and effective way. Able to multi-task different projects and prioritise against tight deadlines
How we’ll support you
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
- We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)
About us
Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.
Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.
If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [email protected] to discuss.
We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.
