Job Description

Job ID: 30856


Location: London, GB


Area of interest: Financial Markets


Job type: Regular Employee


Work style: Office Working


Opening date: 6 Jun 2025

Job Summary

This role is for a Quantitative Analyst with some experience in Credit pricing who will work in London and focus primarily on model development activities for the Front Office Credit trading desk. This will include working closely with the traders to drive developments and improvements in valuations and risk methodology.

Key responsibilities

Working with traders, sales, structurers and other modellers to execute product development plans in line with business priorities. Awareness of the economic, market and regulatory environment in which FM operates, especially as regards model and analytics capabilities. Develop and maintain models for the Front Office pricing and risk management of Credit products with an emphasis on Flow Credit products (Loan, risky Bond, CDS and TRS etc.). Delivery of model documentation and testing material. Improving and maintaining existing analytics. Research into alternative models and numerical techniques as well as ongoing assessment of models published in industry or academic literature. Provide day-to-day support for relevant business units.

Our Ideal Candidate

This role is for a mid to senior Quantitative Analyst Solid experience required as a Front Office Credit pricing quant or other relevant pricing quant Good knowledge of Credit Products e.g. Loan, Risky Bond, CDS, TRS and Bond Option, etc. Background in numerical and mathematical methods Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Financial Mathematics or Computer Science, plus related Master's or PhD Coding knowledge in C++ is a mandatory requirement

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:

Do the right thing

and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

Never settle,

continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

Are better together,

we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,

we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,

with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.

Time-off

including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

Flexible working

options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

Proactive wellbeing support

through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

A continuous learning culture

to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,

one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
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