Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (BAM) is a global institutional investment firm. BAM’s culture, technology, and platforms empower our investment teams to perform at their very best. By hiring a diverse group of ambitious, innovative, and deeply knowledgeable individuals from all backgrounds, we are able to generate more creative and profitable investment opportunities for our clients.
BAM exists at the intersection of finance and technology, combining the deep industry knowledge of leading portfolio managers and financial analysts with software engineers and quantitative researchers. We leverage the collective expertise of our teams to seek out new investment opportunities, analyze market conditions, minimize risk, and provide superior service to our investment partners.
With 1700+ people in offices around the world, we embrace a culture that welcomes the free flow of ideas, promotes career development, and supports the health and wellbeing of our people through world-class benefits.
ROLE OVERVIEW:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Analyst/Associate PM working alongside Portfolio Manager whose strategy focuses primarily on investing across Rates/FX and rates/FX Options
· Help manage front to back trade execution to confirmation of risk in the portfolio
· Executing and managing trades on the Portfolio Manager’s behalf
· Conducting in depth analysis on FX and rates markets as well as global macro strategies
· Managing and expanding relationships with counterparties across all jurisdictions
· Rebalancing the portfolio periodically
· Expense management (trading cost analysis, brokerage costs, technology, etc.)
· Ad hoc analytical projects involving Excel, VBA, SQL, Python
REQUIREMENTS
· A Degree in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Economics, Finance or similar
· Minimum 5 years of experience at a buy-side and/or sell-side financial firm in trading or quantitative analysis of FX and/or Rates products
· Strong analytical, programming and modelling skills
· Strong passion for the global markets and strategies
· Knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: R, SQL, C++, Matlab, Python.
· Proven ability to build Macro tools and models