Job Reference #224301BR
Your team You will be a team member of the brand new Quant Hub based in London, a new location footprint of an expanding team under the leadership of the EMEA Digital Practice regional team based in Zurich, Switzerland. We are a dynamic and diverse team of specialist transformation professionals with a focus on emerging technology transformation. This unit is part of the broader newly created Digital Practice within the UBS Group Internal Consulting department.
Our practice teams help UBS business functions implement their digital strategy and accomplish their ambitions in the areas of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Analytics , Cognitive Automation and Blockchain, as well as Risk Modelling and UX/UI Design. The Digital Practice is at the intersection of business, technology and innovative thinking. We accompany functions across all businesses to build a sustainable transformation; combining the power of emerging technologies with a profound understanding of UBS businesses. The team works in in close collaboration with the different functions, business divisions and external parties to achieve its goals.
Your expertise - Master's or PhD degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Financial Engineering, Economics, Finance, Data Science).
-Ideally 2 to 3 years of experience in model development within the financial industry (experience in quantitative consulting would be a plus).
- Experience in end-to-end delivery of (risk) models including end-to-end deployment, from model development, documentation, validation, implementation, and maintenance. Any domain knowledge in banking would be an advantage.
- Experience with methods of statistical data analysis, such as linear models, hypothesis testing, multi-level models, and Bayesian methods.
- Practical experience in classical programming languages: Python, R, SAS, or Matlab.
- Experience in one or more of the following topics is a plus: Machine Learning, Big Data, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Information Extraction & Classification, Data Preparation & Cleansing, Data Mining and Visualization, Chatbots (NLU/intent recognition, dialog/conversation modelling, etc)
- Highly driven and motivated with a can-do attitude; eager to learn and solve complex problems, preferably with experience in the banking or financial services industry
- In addition to a strong analytical background, attention to detail along with structured organization and planning skills
- A strong written and verbal communicator, able to adapt and network across a global organization to work well with the team and to present well to stakeholders
About us Expert advice. Wealth management. Investment banking. Asset management. Retail banking in Switzerland. And all the support functions. That's what we do. And we do it for private and institutional clients as well as corporations around the world.
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