Front Office Quant Analyst
Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office)
Company: Talan UK
Talan is supporting a leading investment banking client in the search for a Front Office Quant Analyst to work directly with Rates and Credit trading desks. This is a hands-on role combining quantitative analysis, development, and trader engagement, focusing on the delivery of pricing, risk, analytics, and workflow automation solutions used in a front office environment.
You will partner with traders, quants, and technology teams to develop analytical tools, enhance trading processes, investigate market and risk data, and support business-critical decision making. The role offers significant exposure to front office stakeholders and complex financial products across Rates and Credit markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance quantitative tools, trading analytics, and reporting solutions.
- Support pricing, risk, P&L, trade analysis across Rates and Credit products.
- Work closely with traders and quants to gather requirements and deliver front office solutions.
- Build and maintain automation tools to improve trading desk efficiency.
- Analyse market, risk, and trade data to provide insights and support decision making.
- Investigate and resolve production issues impacting front office users.
Required Experience
- Strong experience within a Front Office Quant, Quant Development, or Trading Analytics role.
- Good understanding of Rates and/or Credit products and their associated risk measures.
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
- Experience with one or more of the following: C++, VBA, Bash or R.
- Experience building trader-facing analytics, pricing, risk, or reporting tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate effectively with front office stakeholders.
Desirable
- Knowledge of fixed income pricing and risk methodologies.
- Experience with market data platforms such as Bloomberg or Refinitiv.
- Exposure to electronic trading, quantitative modelling, or systematic trading environments.
This is an excellent opportunity to join Talan and work on front office quantitative initiatives within a high-performing trading environment, gaining direct exposure to traders, quants, and business-critical market activities.
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