Posted July 9, 2008
Name of Position: VP, Team Leader, Model Verification Team
Location: New York, NY
Salary: commensurate with experience
Contact Information: To apply: Please submit resume to Hrbox3@moodys.com Description of Position: The Credit Policy team at Moody's Investors Service is a group of professionals who oversee the general credit policies and rating methodologies for the rating agency, publish rating performance research, and manage professional training for analytical staff.
We are looking for a Team Leader who will take responsibility for defining and managing ratings model change management and control processes. The position requires collaboration with ratings analysts, financial engineering, research groups, compliance, regulatory affairs, and credit policy to determine and represent the methodology used to verify, document, maintain, and communicate regarding ratings models used at Moody's Investors Service.
- Design and oversee change management and control processes for ratings models.
- Define and monitor standards for model specification, test plan and other documentation.
- Explain/represent overall process to internal audit, regulatory affairs, and other groups.
- Select and maintain systems to be used to administer and manage models.
- Train and mentor analysts and financial engineers in overall process and use of tools.
- Identify, hire,develop and manage a diverse, high performing team Job Requirements
- 7+ years of overall work experience with a minimum of 2 years
- 7+ experience with process management (model management preferred; SOX, 7+ SAS-70 or other control processes may be appropriate)
- Understanding of financial model development including model design, implementation, and testing
- Strong project management and process design skills
- Understanding of programming practices and testing methodologies
- Experience with source code control, document management, and other systems relevant to change management
- Hard working, easy to work with, and a willingness to learn new technologies
- An undergraduate degree in a relevant field such as finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, or physics. The person must have a good understanding of financial theory such as fixed income and credit risk.
- Graduate degree preferred in financial engineering or business administration with concentration in finance
- Position demands excellent management, problem solving and teamwork skills
Requirements
Degree: Graduate degree preferred
Preferred Field of Degree: Financial eng / business admn w/finance concentration
Posted June 13, 2008
Name of Position: Service Professor
Field: Financial Engineering
Location: Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Contact Information: Dr. Khaldoun Khashanah, Director, Financial Engineering Program, School of Systems and Enterprises, The Babbio Center, 5th Fl, 1 Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030, khaldoun.khashanah@stevens.edu
Description of Position: The Financial Engineering Program at the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) at Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the fastest growing programs at the School. Providing both traditional semester programming and online distance learning via Stevens WebCampus, this program offers a ten-course, thirty credit Masters of Science in Financial Engineering, as well as a four-course, 12 credit Graduate Certificate. The Master of Science in Financial Engineering has tracks in Quantitative Financial Engineering, Information and Modeling Technology, Database and Networks, and the option to complete an MBA in Technology Management with a Concentration in Financial Engineering.
The full-time Service Professor in Financial Engineering will be responsible for:
- Teaching 5 graduate courses total per year, both online and on campus
- The development and marketing of graduate level FE courses
- Supervising FE graduate students.
There will be opportunities for research within the position.
It is desired that the candidate posses a Ph.D. with relevant academic and financial industry experience. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, are important, as the work will involve functioning as part of a cross-disciplinary team.
Requirements
Degree: Ph.D. or its equivalent
Preferred Field of Degree: Finance or Financial Engineering
Experience: Industry experience preferred but not mandatory
Posted May 14, 2008
Name of Position: Alternative Investments Risk Analyst
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Competitive Package
Contact Information: To apply, please visit our website
Description of Position: Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) is one of the largest asset managers in the world. It offers a wide range of products and services, including a large family of domestic and international bond, equity and multi-asset class funds for individual and institutional investors. Funds of private equity and hedge funds are offered through MSIM's Alternative Investment Partners unit.
MSIM is looking to fill a Senior Associate/Vice President level position, based in New York, in the Alternative Investments Risk Group, part of the Global Risk and Analysis group. The group provides the investment risk assessment in the due diligence process for new hedge funds, the measurements and monitoring of performance and investment risk for alternative funds and the hedging of the seed capital.
Key Responsibilities:
- Automate processes geared towards capturing evolving risk profiles. As such the analyst is expected to master in a short time existing risk analytics and develop interfaces to existing applications
- Produce risk analysis and perform risk monitoring for existing Alternative Investments funds
- Interface porftolio managers in discussion of risk and performance drivers. Derive the portfolio manager's implicit market assumptions and hence stress them.
Skills Required:
- Masters level degree with concentration in Finance or in a quantitative discipline
- A minimum of 3 years relevant work experience in the financial services industry with emphasis on Credit risk.
- IT experience is a plus
- Familiarity with Alternative Investment Strategies and risk management methodologies
- Strong programming skills such as VBA, SQL, MS Access, SAS, Bloomberg DDE and MS Office automation are considered a plus.
EEO / AA Employer
Posted May 14, 2008
Name of Position: Faculty Position in Finance
Field: Finance
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Contact Information: Candidates must apply at http://njit.jobs, use posting #0600222. But for further info., contact Prof. Larry Eisenberg at lke@njit.edu.
Description of Position: New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Management Faculty Position in Finance
The School of Management at the New Jersey Institute of Technology is seeking applications for a tenure track assistant or associate professor position in finance starting September 2008.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Wall Street or buy-side experience is a plus. Applicants with research in financial engineering, financial econometrics or genetic algorithms are of interest though all applications are welcome.
ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
U.S. News & World Report's 2007 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges Today named New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) among the nation's top tier of national research universities.
THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (SOM)
A current initiative of SOM, endorsed by the President and Provost of the university, is the creation of an M.S. program in financial engineering in collaboration with other schools at the institute.
NJIT is forty-five minutes by PATH and Newark Light Rail to the World Trade Center and Wall Street.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants should apply at http://njit.jobs and use posting #0600222. Include a letter of interest, a Curriculum Vita, three references, a research paper and evidence of teaching ability. For more information contact Prof. Larry Eisenberg at lke@njit.edu. |
