Quantitative Analyst (Graduates & Early Career Professionals)

About Phi Partners

Phi Partners has been a trusted capital markets consultancy for more than 20 years, providing quantitative and technology expertise across front office, pricing and risk. We support more than 80 financial institutions across the buy-side and sell-side through niche capabilities spanning quant, engineering, vendor platforms and cloud infrastructure. Our teams work on complex, real-world problems across models, analytics, applications, data and cloud infrastructure, within an international delivery organisation built around regional hubs and specialist centres of excellence.

Phi Partners has nearshore Centres-of-Excellence which are specialised in respective ‘Lines of Business’ (LoBs). Our Casablanca Centre-of-Excellence, located in CFC, is the primary centre for our Quantitative Services team. Our Quant Services include quant model development, model integration and model validation. Consultants in this Line of Business have the opportunity to be mentored by well-known industry-leading Quants based in Casablanca and abroad, and work for a variety of top-tier clients including the world’s largest Investment Banks, Asset Management Companies, and market-leading Hedge Funds. We support organic talent growth in Morocco, as well as facilitate Quants, Quant Developers, IT Quants, Front Office Technologists & Engineers who have worked abroad to relocate to Casablanca.

About the Programme

As part of our partnerships with various clients, we are currently expanding our quant teams to keep pace with the rapid growth in this business. Our quant consultants gain exposure to a variety of projects across asset classes as well as coverage areas (such as front office, pricing & analytics, risk methodology, model validation and more), with each project typically taking 12 to 18 months. As a firm we engage in a wide range of quant services, including but not limited to:

• Quantitative and mathematical modelling for various departments
• Model integration into quant libraries as well as quant library upgrades / refactoring
• Front office quantitative development and engineering, including directly supporting the trading desks
• Model validation and documentation services including supporting our clients in engaging with regulators

Roles & Responsibilities

Our projects will involve mathematical modelling as well as practical implementation of the models into sophisticated quant libraries.

You will get the opportunity to work closely with fellow quant analysts, library quants, model developers, front office IT engineers and other stakeholders. On a day-to-day basis, a quant consultant in our Centre of Excellence will work on projects which involve:

• Working on mathematical models, going into theoretical design and documentation for financial products along with writing documentation for any new pricing & analytics models
• Model development within the existing quant library of our clients
• Close collaboration with all the Quants, Quant Developers and Software Engineers within Front Office IT (including those from within Phi as well as those from the client’s team)
• Developing frameworks and architecture for implementing financial product models into the quantitative library in a robust and suitable manner for their intended purposes
• Implementing efficient algorithms to preprocess and manipulate large volumes of data, ensuring data integrity and consistency
• Writing clean, well-documented, and efficient code in Python, C++, C#, Java or other coding languages

Key Skills

To be successful as a Quant Analyst, the ideal candidate will bring the following skills:

• Educational qualifications in a highly numerate discipline such as applied mathematics, quantitative finance, physics, computer science, engineering or similar fields; Masters’ or above highly preferred
• French or Moroccan Grande École qualifications in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering or Actuarial/Applied Mathematics are desirable but not mandatory
• Experience working as a Quantitative Analyst (including Internships/PFE) at an investment bank, hedge fund, specialist consulting firm or financial institution is advantageous
• Good programming skills in Python, C++, C# or Java
• Strong consultancy and client services mindset
• Keen interest to work with international stakeholders
• Good documentation and communication skills
• English proficiency is a must

Next Steps

This is an excellent opportunity to establish yourself within a rapidly expanding consultancy firm in a high growth Quantitative Centre of Excellence led by recognised industry leaders, built on a foundation rooted in academic rigour and a culture of R&D. The right professional can grow their skills and abilities while continuing to actively contribute in a hands-on technical manner on challenging global quant projects.

Graduates & Young Professionals are encouraged to apply but note that we may recommend an Internship/PFE/Graduate Program position if it is more appropriate.

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