Quantitative Analyst, Pricing Risk Model Validation - Macquarie Group

Play a key role in strengthening the integrity of the financial models that underpin our global Commodities and Global Markets business. You will help ensure that the models used to price and manage risk for trading activity are robust, reliable and aligned with our purpose of helping clients navigate dynamic markets.

We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you're empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

What role will you play?

In this role, you validate the models that support pricing and risk management across a wide range of trading activities, working within the Model Risk Management team in the Risk Management Group. You draw on your quantitative skills to analyse complex models, from derivative pricing across multiple asset classes to curve bootstrapping and risk methodologies such as valuation adjustments, counterparty credit risk and market risk. You work closely with stakeholders to understand the models they use, communicate findings clearly and contribute to informed decision making. You also collaborate with colleagues across the team, building your modelling capability through cross skilling and exposure to diverse projects, and apply a variety of analytic and programming techniques to recreate, test and challenge models in a structured and rigorous way.

While Macquarie offers hybrid working for many of our roles, this role does require three days a week in our advertised location.

What you offer

• You bring a quantitative background and strong problem solving capability.
• You demonstrate an understanding of financial markets and the risk drivers that influence financial products.
• You communicate clearly with stakeholders in writing and in person.
• You apply analytic techniques such as simulations, regression analysis, optimisation or time series analysis to solve modelling challenges.
• You work confidently with one or more programming languages such as C++, R, Python, VBA, Excel, MATLAB or Mathematica.

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What we offer

At Macquarie, you're empowered to shape a career that's rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year and a minimum of 25 days of annual leave.
• 26 weeks' paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks' paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Paid fertility leave for those undergoing or supporting fertility treatment
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Access to a wide range of salary sacrificing options
• Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including, comprehensive medical and life insurance cover
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Access to company funded emergency and backup dependent care services
• Recognition and service awards
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About the Risk Management Group

Our Risk Management Group works as an independent, and centralised function, responsible for independent and objective review and challenge, oversight, monitoring and reporting in relation to Macquarie's material risks. We are a global team that aims to manage the risks of today and anticipate the risks of tomorrow. Our divisions include compliance, credit, financial crime risk, market risk, operational risk, aggregate risk and prudential, and central.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply regardless of their identity, including age, disability, neurodiversity, gender (including gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, parental status, race (including ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.
Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals as required during the recruitment process and in the course of employment. If you require additional assistance, please let us know during the application process.