Associate or Associate Director, Equity Derivatives Quant - Toronto, ON

Requisition ID: 208859

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Associate or Associate Director, Equity Derivatives Quant - Toronto, ON

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years. Scotiabank’s strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.

Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious & metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.

Be part of an innovative, Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition for every future!

Purpose
Contributes to the overall success of the Global Analytics and Financial Engineering in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

What You'll Do:

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Develops valuation models for equity derivatives and structured notes products, ensuring theoretical soundness, numerical accuracy, and implementation correctness.
• Develops robust, reliable and user-friendly front office analytics for pricing, hedging, risk management, and P&L attribution for both intraday and end of day.
• Provides daily and on-demand quantitative support to the business in a timely manner related to valuation, risks, PnL attribution, hedging, and more.
• Provides subject matter expertise to model stakeholders such as the business, risk management, audit, product control, and technology groups during and post model implementation.
• Forms a close partnership with the business to deliver models and analytics to production from end to end with limited supervision.
• Keeps current on advancements in models and related technology, proactively introducing these advancements into the bank.
• Understands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of respective areas while ensuring adherence to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk, and conduct risk.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

What You'll Bring:

• PhD or Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, or other quantitative areas.
• 1-4+ years’ experience in equity derivatives and structured notes products and their valuation models.
• Solid background in PDE, Monte-Carlo, and stochastic calculus.
• Strong programming skills in C++, C++11 or higher; experience with other programming languages such as Python.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills and a team player.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

Work Arrangement:
This position is currently an on-site role, with the expectation that you will work at least 4 days a week in the office. This is subject to change based on business needs.

Interested?

If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced for their differences. That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

What's in it for you?

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families, and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.