Description
As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
Financial Engineer
Location(s): Toronto, Canada - Hybrid
Get To Know Us:
SS&C is leading the way. We continue to look for today's and tomorrow's brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to reach out and apply to our welcoming and inclusive environment.
SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, integrity, and innovation to name a few. We are a fast-paced environment, who promote flexibility, authenticity and offer a hybrid working model to ensure employees can manage their day and meet both work and personal commitments.
Why You Will Love It Here!
Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
Your Future: RRSP Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C Learning Institute
Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
Wide-Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
What You Will Get To Do:
Provide support to clients (mainly Hedge Fund Risk Managers) regarding the content and the production of risk reports: answer queries on risk exposures, measures, scenarios, Value-At-Risk calculations and models used within the risk system
Create ad hoc SQL and Python scripts to extract data out of the risk system to facilitate investigations
Work together closely with the risk development team to test and validate new pricing models and enhancements
Reconcile client expectations with the numbers reported by our system using alternate systems such as Bloomberg and/or in house Excel add in libraries
Coordinate and actively participate in the setting up of new clients on the risk platform and configuring the risk engine to conduct the set of analyses as required
Identify and address any ad hoc issues regarding the production of risk reports and escalating to the appropriate team
Provide input and feedback for the continuous enhancement of the system
What You Will Bring:
Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Finance, Financial Engineering or Quantitative Finance
3+ years of financial industry experience
Strong understanding of modern programming language and database management concepts
Knowledge of undergraduate level Statistics
Experience in SQL and Python (Pandas)
Knowledge of cross asset class financial instruments modeling and pricing (equity/FX options, bonds, futures, interest-rate swaps, CDS, etc.)
Understanding of risk management techniques, VaR approaches (Historical, Monte-Carlo) and sensitivity measures (option greeks, DV01, PVO1, etc)
Basic understanding of trading strategies across all major asset classes and hedge fund investment styles
Strong analytic skills and logical reasoning/problem solving
Basic knowledge of Unix/Linux a plus
Experience with production software environments a plus
Familiarity with Bloomberg a plus
Experience in a client facing role a plus
Good written and verbal communication skills
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. fosters a positive, equitable and progressive workforce and is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process. If you require any accommodation during the application and hiring process, please contact: tacanada@sscinc.com.No phone calls or email applications please. We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those under consideration will be contacted.
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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
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