[Full-time] Securities Strats at Goldman Sachs

Job Summary & Responsibilities
DIVISIONAL OVERVIEW
Goldman Sachs’ Strats business unit is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems. Working within the firm’s trading, sales, banking and investment management divisions, strats use their mathematical and scientific training to create financial products, advise clients on transactions, measure risk, and identify market opportunities.

Roles within Securities Strats
Securities Strats play important roles in several areas. Some Strats sit on trading desks, creating cutting-edge derivative pricing models and developing empirical models to provide insight into market behavior. Others develop automated trading algorithms for the firm and its clients, taking an active part in the increasing shift from voice to electronic trading. A third group works directly with the firm’s sales force and clients, analyzing exposures, structuring transactions, and applying quantitative concepts to meet client needs. Between these teams, Core Strats design and develop complex parallel computing architectures, electronic trading tools, and advanced algorithms.

Responsibilities:
- Working as part of the trading desk to conduct transactions and manage risk
- Optimizing and automating inventory management processes in securities lending and funding markets
- Building trading and risk management platforms
- Developing and maintaining financial models
- Identifying and back-testing trade opportunities

Basic Qualifications
• Strong academic background in a relevant field - Mathematics, engineering, computer science, or economics background, including a quantitative understanding of statistics and probability
• Strong programming skills in C++, Java or equivalent language
• Ability to work as part of a global team and deliver results quickly
• Ability to solve technical problems and explain the underlying ideas to a non-technical audience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of financial markets or financial mathematics a plus

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer. © The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2014. All rights reserved.

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