Senior Quantitative Analyst Jobs in New York, NY, October 2010
Senior Quantitative Analyst
Description
Platts is currently recruiting for a Senior Quantitative Analyst who will be responsible for leading the development and production of the Platts Mark to Market curves. They will do the analysis and modeling required to maintain and enhance Platts industry leading M2M curves and will lead the team responsible for the daily production of the curves.
This individual will be part of a world-class team of quantitative analysts working in a challenging and rewarding environment dealing with some of the most interesting and difficult quantitative modeling challenges facing the energy industry today.
This person will also take a leadership role in the development of Platt’s M2M methodologies and will lead custom studies undertaken for customers.
Lead the development and production of the daily M2M curves. Work closely with Editors and other Platts teams to ensure timely and accurate production of the Platts M2M curves.
Apply quantitative analytical skills in the delivery of comprehensive studies required to test and enhance existing methodologies or for custom projects for clients. Deliver documentation showing the assumptions and methodologies of new analysis and quality control to maintain transparency in process as well as internal process documentation for others to use as reference. Collaborate with colleagues to define new methodologies which improve our products or result in the creation of new ones.
Provide domain knowledge leadership on one or more of the markets serviced by our M2M curves.
Participate in M2M application development life cycle by ensuring requirements and methodologies are documented according to the required standards. Be responsible for testing, accepting and signing off work delivered by technology teams.
Provide leadership, mentoring and guidance to Quantitative Analyst team.
Qualifications
Advanced degree in a Mathematics or Engineering discipline or equivalent required. Strong analytic skills – both quantitative and qualitative. Need to understand data interaction and relationships as well as perform complex calculations on data for quality control or value-added analysis as necessary.
Have experience using modeling tools such as Mathlab to define, test and evaluate quantitative models.
Comfortable working in a complex information technology environment and able to communicate with development teams working with XML, SQL and C++
Have experience with the Microsoft office suite products to present findings to internal and external clients.
Able to work independently and proactively to take initiative to solve problems quickly.
Detailed knowledge of the fundamentals of either the North American Natural Gas Power or Gas Markets.
Must possess organizational and time management skills and must be able to multi-task and be deadline oriented.
Experience using fundamental models (such as Aurora and GPCM).
About Platts: Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading global provider of energy and commodities information. With a century of business experience, Platts serves customers across more than 150 countries. An independent provider, Platts serves the oil, natural gas, electricity, emissions, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical, shipping, and metals markets from 17 offices worldwide. Platts’ real-time news, pricing, analytical services and conferences help markets operate with transparency and efficiency. Traders, risk managers, analysts, and industry leaders depend upon Platts to help them make better trading and investment decisions. Additional information is available at http://www.platts.com.
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Schedule Full-time
Primary Location US-NY-New York
Job Type Editorial
Organization PLATTS GLOBAL LICENSING
Corporate Brand platts
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