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Job Title: Quantitative Analyst
Description
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Waterfront International is a Toronto-based financial consulting firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience. 


Primary Responsibilities:
 Developing, testing and implementing quantitative trading models.
 Models will be based on quantitative data analysis rather than qualitative analysis.
 Research strategies in equities and other markets.
 Perform historical backtesting to determine optimal strategy parameters.
 Generate new indicator ideas.


Requirements of the Candidate include:
 PhD or Masters in physics, statistics, mathematics or operations research.
 Strong working knowledge of statistics.
 Must possess expert level C/C++ programming skills.
 Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently.


Compensation will include immigration and relocation assistance.


 

Details
Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy (European) format.
Post Date: 26/01/2012
Hours: Full Time
Location: Toronto / Canada
Working Term: Permanent Position
Salary: Based on experience to include immigration and relocation assistance.
Application Deadline: 25/02/2012