Data Scientist / Quantitative Analyst
Switzerland - Zürich
Business management, administration and support, Product Management and Development, Quantitative Analysis, Trading
Global Wealth Management
Job Reference #:
195340BR
City:
Opfikon
Job Type:
Full Time
Your role:
Do you share our belief in the power of big data? Do you want to work at the forefront of innovation and apply your data analytics skills in a state-of-the-art technology-driven trading environment?
We are looking for someone who combines a solid background in technology and data analytics with a strong interest in securities trading to:
help us transform our electronic trading business into a truly data driven organisation
derive data driven insight from large amounts of complex datasets to measure trade execution performance, optimize automatic client order routing processes and help reduce risk by detecting order flow anomalies
develop quantitative methods, tools, prototypes and processes to leverage data and visualize the outcome in impactful reports and dashboards
work directly on the trading floor, embedded with trading desks and global stakeholders across the securities order handling and execution value chain
Your team:
We are a part of UBS Wealth Management’s global Buy-Side trading desk and are responsible for cross-product automated electronic order execution, global order flow management and monitoring of execution quality. We serve professional and private clients from around the world to find and source liquidity across almost all trading places and time zones to ensure best-in-class execution of client orders to meet our clients’ highest standards for price quality, execution speed and seamless processing. Our desk is recognized as one of Europe’s leading Buy-Side trading desks and classified as top tier client of all major dealers, brokers and market makers.
Your expertise:
You have:
University degree (MSc or PhD) in natural sciences, computer science or similar, preferably with a focus on technology and data science / statistics
Prior working experience in a financial industry or FinTech company
Strong experience with Python or R
Experience in working with large and complex datasets
Experience working with SQL. Experience with streaming data (Kafka) is a plus
Experience with statistics and machine-learning techniques (regressions, supervised / unsupervised learning, neural networks)
Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, R Shiny, D3.js) is a plus
A strong interest for financial services in general and the trading business in particular
You are:
eager to learn, highly motivated, innovative and capable to think out of the box
analytical and attentive to detail - in good balance with a healthy level of pragmatism
able to work efficiently and independently to meet deadlines under high pressure
an excellent team player
fluent in English and preferably also in German
About us:
Expert advice. Wealth management. Investment banking. Asset management. Retail banking in Switzerland. And all the support functions. That's what we do. And we do it for private and institutional clients as well as corporations around the world.
We are about 60,000 employees in all major financial centers, in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?
Join us:
We're a truly global, collaborative and friendly group of people. Having a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace is important to us. And we support your career development, internal mobility and work-life balance. If this sounds interesting, apply now.
Contact Details:
UBS HR Recruiting Switzerland
Disclaimer / Policy Statements:
UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.