The role is focused on Level 1+ support of Millennium's Rates, Credit, Mortgages, Commodities, and FX trading platforms, and monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level 1+ support for Fixed Income, Commodities, and FX Trading System users.
• Build up an understanding of various trading, trade processing, and risk reporting systems, including Front-end trading, Trade Capture, Risk and Pnl, Trade Repository, and Prime Brokerage clearing.
• Troubleshoot trade-related issues and train users on various platforms.
• Support Millennium's proprietary platform for electronic and algo trading, including testing, capturing requirements, and marketing and implementing algos with our PM teams.
• Monitor and support intra-day and EOD jobs, platform performance, enhance, and support of trade processing platform.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years front office trading support experience preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of fixed income products (Rates, Credit, Futures, Derivatives), Commodities, and FX.
• Good team player who is able to prioritize competing demands in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment.
• Possesses a strong sense of urgency.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Detail-oriented, demonstrates thoroughness, and strong ownership of work.
• Quick thinker and problem solver, able to think on their feet and make informed decisions to resolve/mitigate issues.
• Experience with 3rd party trading systems (Bloomberg FIT/ALLQ/FXGO/CDX/IRS, Brokertec, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, Trading Technologies (TT), WebICE, CME Direct, etc.) is a plus.
• Experience with Bloomberg and/or Reuters is a plus.
• Interest in financial markets and news a plus.
• Unix shell experience a plus.

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The candidate will be a key contributor in the review and validation of pricing models and methodologies, the analysis and explanation of P&L, and the onboarding of new and complex products.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Valuations , Oversee and enhance the configuration of internal systems and calibration of pricing models for equity derivative products. Source, validate, and analyze market data, including external volatility surfaces and curves, to ensure accuracy and integrity of marks.

• Pricing & Mark Sign-Off , Maintain intraday and end-of-day pricing procedures and controls. Responsible for publishing and signing off on the firm's official end-of-day marks, surfaces, and curves across equity volatility and exotic products.

• P&L Explanation & Attribution , Analyze and explain daily P&L, decomposing performance into its key drivers: Greeks-based attribution, idiosyncratic events, and trading activity. Identify, investigate, and resolve breaks in collaboration with trading, risk, and finance. Prepare attribution reports for senior management and run ad-hoc analysis when required.

• Methodology Review & Testing , Evaluate and test pricing and marking methodologies proposed by quant or vendor teams. Provide practitioner-level feedback on model assumptions, calibration approaches, and operational applicability.

• New Product Onboarding , Oversee the setup and integration of new equity derivative products into the firm's infrastructure, coordinating across technology, quant, risk, and portfolio management.

• Primary Interface , Act as a senior point of contact for portfolio managers on pricing, valuation, risk, and product setup matters. Coordinate across departments to resolve issues efficiently.

Qualifications/Skills:

• 5+ years of professional experience in a relevant role such as equity derivatives trading, trader assistant, risk management, product control, or valuations

• Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline preferred

• Deep knowledge of Equity Derivative products including vanilla options, variance/volatility swaps, TRF/TRS, dividend swaps, and exotic products , with particular emphasis on volatility products

• Strong familiarity with P&L explanation and attribution in an equity derivatives context

• Demonstrated ability to understand, evaluate, and test complex pricing methodologies

• Programming experience (Python, VBA, etc) needed with a focus on data analysis.

• Proficiency with Bloomberg and Reuters and other market data sources

• Experience engaging and collaborating with technology and quant teams to drive system enhancements

• Highly detail-oriented with strong ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to prioritize in a high-pressure environment

Millennium pays a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package. The estimated base salary range for this position is $160,000 to $250,000, which is specific to New York and may change in the future. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

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This position demands a dynamic approach to learning and adapting in a fast-paced environment, where your ability to interpret and execute tasks based on evolving instructions is crucial. As a Quantitative Finance Expert, you will play an essential role in advancing xAI's mission by supporting the training and refinement of xAI’s AI models. Quantitative Finance Experts teach our AI models about how people interact and react, as well as how people approach issues and discussions in quantitative finance. To accomplish this, Quantitative Finance Experts will actively participate in gathering or providing data, such as text, voice, and video data, sometimes providing annotations, recording audio, or participating in video sessions.

Responsibilities:

• Use proprietary software applications to provide input/labels on defined projects.
• Support and ensure the delivery of high-quality curated data.
• Play a pivotal role in supporting and contributing to the training of new tasks, working closely with the technical staff to ensure the successful development and implementation of cutting-edge initiatives/technologies.
• Interact with the technical staff to help improve the design of efficient annotation tools.
• Choose problems from quantitative finance fields that align with your expertise, focusing on areas like portfolio optimization, derivatives pricing, or high-frequency trading backtests, providing rigorous solutions and model critiques where you can confidently provide detailed solutions and evaluate model responses.
• Regularly interpret, analyze, and execute tasks based on given instructions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must possess a Master's or PhD in a quantitative finance-related field (Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Economics with quantitative focus, or related disciplines) or equivalent professional experience as a quantitative trader or analyst.
• Proficiency in reading and writing, both in informal and professional English.
• Strong ability to navigate various financial information resources, databases, and online resources (e.g., Bloomberg, Reuters, SEC filings).
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational capabilities.
• Solid reading comprehension skills combined with the capacity to exercise autonomous judgment even when presented with limited data/material.
• Strong passion for and commitment to technological advancements and innovation in quantitative finance.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Professional experience as a quantitative trader or analyst.
• Possesses experience with at least one publication in a reputable finance or economics journal or outlet.
• Teaching experience as a professor
• Familiarity with Python/R for financial scripting or ML libraries (e.g., QuantLib)
• FRM (Financial Risk Manager)
• CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance)
• PRM (Professional Risk Manager)
• CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst)
• CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst)

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The role involves identifying changes in supply and demand fundamentals within different regions of the market and communicating the likely impact on price action to the trading and origination teams. This key role will work alongside the bench to provide such analysis in service of crafting models, foundational views and trading strategies in line with changing market dynamics.

Analysis performed by the individual and team will have a direct linkage to commercial value creation and assist in keeping traders, originators, and management informed of underlying fundamental views that affect the markets.

Applicants must have significant experience with Brazil power markets and their analysis with a track record of delivering analysis and statistical models in a commercial environment.

Key Accountabilities

• Be the primary contact for Brazil Power analytics to all partners.
• Constantly supervise market news and regulatory developments in Brazil and alert collaborators in real time where appropriate.
• Providing clear market analysis and trading strategies to the Power desk.
• Run price forecasts (NEWAVE, DECOMP, DESSEM) and sensitivities autonomously.
• Continuously improve and expand analytics toolkit (models, dashboards and reports).
• Work alongside other strategists, meteorologists and vendors to capture tradeable insights.
• Evolve and develop proprietary models for forecasts (demand, distributed generation, wind, hydro).
• Run innovative analysis to propose and support trading and origination opportunities (time and region spreads, modulation, i5).

Essential Education

• Hold a degree in a quantitative, economics, statistical, mathematical, engineering or similar field.

Job Requirements

• Spoken and written fluency in Portuguese and English.
• Extensive experience with Brazil power markets as either a trader or an analyst on a trading/origination team.
• Extensive experience with the fundamentals that drive Brazil Power and related markets. This includes familiarity with Brazil hydro and other fundamental drivers of market risk.
• Extensive experience with regulatory frameworks governing energy markets in Brazil.
• Experience working with Python, SQL and Excel in a professional setting.
• Experience with building models in NEWAVE, DECOMP and DESSEM, running them and interpreting the results.
• Ability to interpret data and information to conclude and communicate views both formally and informally.
• Independent thinker; creative in finding alternative solutions
• Proactive approach to delivering results; able to deal with conflict and field critical questioning
• Experience in quantitative modelling skills including working with large and incomplete datasets.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience with NORUS cloud services to run BR power models.
• Experience with using Hydro outlooks from Reuters and TempoOk
• Experience with applying cutting edge quantitative modeling approaches like machine learning to professional models.

Note: Individual Contributor

Work Schedule: 80/20

Why join us

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and high-reaching environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits (https://exploreyourbenefits.com/landing.html) to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Join the world's largest asset manager and elevate your career in valuations governance. As a Valuations Governance Associate, you will play a key role in supporting the investment valuation function for private, illiquid investments. You will work closely with investment teams, external valuation providers, and auditors to ensure accurate and timely valuations.

Team Overview

The Private Valuation Team within Alternative Operations supports the investment valuation function for private, illiquid investments. The team focuses on adding value by providing valuation oversight and coordination of valuations and supporting documentation.

Role Responsibility

• Prepare valuation documentation for private equity, private debt, and other alternative investments.
• Support monthly and quarterly valuation cycles.
• Manage workflow of data to 3rd party valuation firms; working with investment teams to ensure all relevant information is incorporated into valuations.
• Provide high-quality client service externally and internally. Address inquiries, perform controls, problem solve, and mitigate risks for clients and internal BlackRock partners.
• Initiate and help drive platform and process innovations to support expanding business needs, minimise risk, enhance quality, and navigate the changing markets.
• Review and tie out of valuation templates received from third-party service providers. Communicate any comments and coordinate sign-off in coordination with Investment, Pricing, and Fund Administration teams.
• Review legal documents to determine rights associated with new securities purchased.
• Prepare materials to be provided to the Valuation Committee and presenting findings to Pricing Committees and other management as necessary.
• Liaise with independent auditors. Provide support for valuations and answer questions as necessary in a controlled and efficient manner.
• Perform a review of fair value reporting provided by underlying managers and Co-Investment sponsors.
• Operate as part of a global team.

Experience

• Bachelor's degree is required, with a preference for Accounting or Finance.
• 2 to 5 years of relevant experience, private investment valuation experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of ASC 820 and IFRS 13, familiarity with PWERM, OPM, and Current Value valuation techniques preferred.
• Ability to work with and manage financial data and build summarised reports.
• Experience building, testing, and implementing valuation models.
• Natural standout colleague able to work in an innovative, ambitious, and fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with agile critical thinking and a problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to quickly learn the intricacies of complex financial instruments.
• Working knowledge of Bloomberg, Reuters, Interactive Data, and MS Office Suite as well as SQL, Unix commands, PERL, etc. is an advantage.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged, and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge, and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

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