Risk Developer Consultant

Options Group is a leading global executive search and strategic consulting firm specializing in financial services including capital markets, global markets, alternative investments, hedge funds, and private banking/wealth management.

For more than 25 years, our clients and candidates have come to know that Options Group always exceeds expectations. Our innovative approach to facilitating limitless search possibilities for our clients and candidates around the world has been recognized as the industry standard. Through our global footprint (15 offices spread across 4 continents), Options Group has the resources, analytics and experience to drive the acquisition of top tier talent for firms of any size. Options Group is on the forefront, pioneering a new generation of human talent management solutions, where research meets recruiting for optimal strategic results. OG is hands-on in providing a superior range of innovative options for financial services & tech clients and candidates.

About the Role:

 Build analytical tools to facilitate rapid, ad-hoc understanding of performance and risk by portfolio managers, senior management, risk managers and analysts.

 Develop quantitative analysis of risk to deliver game changing solutions.

 Build and support risk operational infrastructure to maintain and continually exceed high standard of excellence.

To succeed as a Risk Developer at Point72, you must embody the following values:

 Innovation & Excellence: A successful team member has excellent broad technical and problem solving skills including the ability to innovate, drive change, and can quickly adapt to changing processes, priorities, languages, and ideas.

 Communication: We interact directly with risk managers, senior management, and portfolio managers, in addition to our colleagues in the technology department. The ability to communicate with technical peers and our business users in terms that both groups can understand is crucial to our success.

 Integrity: we uphold the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Our work is truthful, direct and unbiased. We protect sensitive and confidential information and exercise discretion in all aspects of our work.

Point72 Asset Management, L.P. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Point72 is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. Point72 complies with applicable, local, state and federal laws on the subject of equal employment opportunity.

 Courage: we are not afraid to fail. We accomplish difficult and high-stakes tasks in an environment with a high degree of uncertainty. We will sometimes be wrong, but we will always learn from our mistakes and improve.

 Curiosity: we always ask “why?” We don’t accept the first answer or the easy answer; we strive for understanding. We do not report information; we provide insight and analysis by putting information into context. We solve puzzles even when we don’t have all the pieces.

Additional Requirements:

 An interest and passion in the understanding of financial markets and instruments.

 Ability to translate business requirements into technical specification.

 5+ years programming experience, with 2+ years dedicated to C#.

 Advanced SQL development experience.

Experiences Preferred:

 Development of risk management systems or valuation engines.

 Design and development of fully functional GUIs.

 Experience using Scala

 Experience using, designing, or developing with NoSQL technologies

 The candidates will be tested on his/her knowledge of financial markets, and his/her ability to code in C# and SQL.

 2+ year experience in hedge fund/investment bank

Interested candidates please contact

Abhishek Agarwal

aagarwal(at)optionsgroup.com