How do they match: Financial Quantitative Analysts

  • Financial Engineer

  • Apply mathematical or statistical techniques to address practical issues in finance, such as derivative valuation, securities trading, risk management, or financial market regulation.
  • Collaborate in the development or testing of new analytical software to ensure compliance with user requirements, specifications, or scope.
  • Confer with other financial engineers or analysts on trading strategies, market dynamics, or trading system performance to inform development of quantitative techniques.
  • Consult traders or other financial industry personnel to determine the need for new or improved analytical applications.
  • Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.
  • Prepare requirements documentation for use by software developers.
  • Provide application or analytical support to researchers or traders on issues such as valuations or data.

  • Apply mathematical models of financial or business conditions.