Associate Portfolio Manager Job

Employer Name:	SpiderID: 2884565
Location: New York City, New York	Date Posted: 9/9/2009
Wage:	Category: Computer Software/Programming
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Job Description:
As an Associate Portfolio Manager you will get a chance to get in on the ground floor in a low key environment and let data drive your decisions. This opportunity is for a top-notch PM with strong quantitative skills, not someone with interested in riding the coattails of others. You should be able to trade with little or no emotion, take a pragmatic approach and enjoy the flexibility of building your own book with less pressure then a corporate office inflicts.

This is an opportunity for you to work with mental giants in the field allowing you to trade ideas and gain exponential earnings potential. The overall climate is for everyone to make money and go home satisfied. Flexible hours and telecommuting is offered.

Job Requirements:
Qualifications –
-Top Tier Education – Masters or PhD (Math, Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Computational Finance)
-Experience working on a both sides of a High Performance trading desk (buy and sell) with Equities, FX
-Ability to develop systematic models from a mathematical approach
-Strong C++ Programming Ability
-Strong Math/Quantitative Skills and experience with Large Data Sets

This is a technical role and not about strategy with manual intervention. We want a poker player who knows the plumbing layout of trading systems and exchanges in order to strategize, test the strategy, let the model trade and fine tune it as needed.

Job Criteria:
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Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Years of Experience Required: 3
Education Required: Masters
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Contact Information:

Contact Name: Bonnie O'Brien	Company Type:
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City: Hackensack
State: New Jersey
Zip: 07601

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