Hello guys/ladies,

Please if you meet the following requirements -

1. Based in Europe, the US or Africa

2. PhD student or recent PhD graduate in fields such as Physics/Mathematics/Computer Science/Statistics/Engineering/Mathematical Finance/any area where strong quant skills are a prerequisite

3. Can program in Python/C/C++/ R/MatLab/JaVa

4. Understands probability theory very well and keen to break into the finance industry

then kindly send me an email with your CV. Role is extremely, crazily competitive and there are no guarantees.. But if you get the role, then salary is not bad, about $44K for the six months and if you impress, it becomes a full-time role where you earn a minimum of $88K basic.

I will forward the first 10 CVs that meet the above requirements..My email is available on this forum.

Regards
T22

tanimola22:
Hello guys/ladies,

Please if you meet the following requirements -

1. Based in Europe, the US or Africa

2. PhD student or recent PhD graduate in fields such as Physics/Mathematics/Computer Science/Statistics/Engineering/Mathematical Finance/any area where strong quant skills are a prerequisite

3. Can program in Python/C/C++/ R/MatLab/JaVa

4. Understands probability theory very well and keen to break into the finance industry

then kindly send me an email with your CV. Role is extremely, crazily competitive and there are no guarantees.. But if you get the role, then salary is not bad, about $44K for the six months and if you impress, it becomes a full-time role where you earn a minimum of $88K basic.

I will forward the first 10 CVs that meet the above requirements..My email is available on this forum.

Regards
T22

If not for the second requirement ehn. Chai, see "mathematics conversion error money in naira". I can't apply because I will be rounding off my NYSC in year 2019 as a first class mathematics graduate from the University of Ibadan. Goodluck.

Noted

thankyouJesus:
If not for the second requirement ehn. Chai, see "mathematics conversion error money in naira". I can't apply because I will be rounding off my NYSC in year 2019 as a first class mathematics graduate from the University of Ibadan. Goodluck.

Good luck with that. If quant finance interests you, make sure you graduate with the very highest first class degree that you can get..Then learn very well at least one programming language. I recommend C++, Python and MatLab...These are programming languages very popular with quant modelling teams at many banks..During your NYSC, spend time to prepare for and blast the GRE, then apply to the top US schools - think Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Caltech etc. Also apply to some mid-ranking schools as safeties. With your first class honours degree and good GRE scores and given your ethnicity, yes I say ethnicity, and ultimately God on your side, one of those good to excellent schools will accept you for a PhD in Mathematics or Mathematical Finance or even Physics if you want. In your second year while doing the PhD, some of the big banks or asset managers will come to your school if you attend one of the top schools. From there, you can interview for an internship and when you get it, then that will set a foundation for a very lucrative career in the future.

All the best.

tanimola22:


Good luck with that. If quant finance interests you, make sure you graduate with the very highest first class degree that you can get..Then learn very well at least one programming language. I recommend C++, Python and MatLab...These are programming languages very popular with quant modelling teams at many banks..During your NYSC, spend time to prepare for and blast the GRE, then apply to the top US schools - think Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Caltech etc. Also apply to some mid-ranking schools as safeties. With your first class honours degree and good GRE scores and given your ethnicity, yes I say ethnicity, and ultimately God on your side, one of those good to excellent schools will accept you for a PhD in Mathematics or Mathematical Finance or even Physics if you want. In your second year while doing the PhD, some of the big banks or asset managers will come to your school if you attend one of the top schools. From there, you can interview for an internship and when you get it, then that will set a foundation for a very lucrative career in the future.

All the best.

1. I really want to appreciate you for the advice sir.
2. I love programming a lots, this love have enabled me to develop skills in Visual Basics, R-Language, Python as you said, LaTEX, Matlab, and SPSS. I will work on C++ as you have adviced.
3. Mathematics is fun and like patterns to me (it takes only a "passionate" mathematics student or graduate to decipher this). Presently (emphasis on presently), all parts of mathematics interests me but ODE will top if I am to arrange in hierachical order.
Thank you for your time sir.

Thanks for this post.

I am sending a you PM for my qualification as regard this opportunity and your best advice as I yearn to be Quant in the couple of years to come.

tanimola22:


Good luck with that. If quant finance interests you, make sure you graduate with the very highest first class degree that you can get..Then learn very well at least one programming language. I recommend C++, Python and MatLab...These are programming languages very popular with quant modelling teams at many banks..During your NYSC, spend time to prepare for and blast the GRE, then apply to the top US schools - think Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Caltech etc. Also apply to some mid-ranking schools as safeties. With your first class honours degree and good GRE scores and given your ethnicity, yes I say ethnicity, and ultimately God on your side, one of those good to excellent schools will accept you for a PhD in Mathematics or Mathematical Finance or even Physics if you want. In your second year while doing the PhD, some of the big banks or asset managers will come to your school if you attend one of the top schools. From there, you can interview for an internship and when you get it, then that will set a foundation for a very lucrative career in the future.

All the best.

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@TANIMOLA22 . pls is an accountancy degree regarded as a highly quantitative degree? Can someone do msc in mathematical finance, financial economics or finance with a first class degree in accountancy abroad. Thanks

jude2011:
@TANIMOLA22 . pls is an accountancy degree regarded as a highly quantitative degree? Can someone do msc in mathematical finance, financial economics or finance with a first class degree in accountancy abroad. Thanks

Nice question, this ish has been giving me serious ache, unfortunately it cannot be regarded as a quant degree, but I am very sure that there is a way out.

We wait for tanimola22!

@tanimola22

Boss, longest time! Nice one there

@NITROGEN but we do lots of calculation courses.

jude2011:
@NITROGEN but we do lots of calculation courses.

Not sufficient, we are talking about linear algebra, calculus, statistics, probability theory, quantitative techniques etc. Quants is about using programming languages to aid the application of these mathematical stuffs.

I actually did some of those in school, and then I was thinking that they were not important or necessary for finance, years later, I got to understand.

Getting admitted to one of these top schools for a financial engineering or mathematical finance masters program is tough, I kid you not.

However, if they peruse your transcript and see that you took some of these mathematical and computer courses in the uni, they might consider you for a financial analysis program or something. But you will have to convince them like mahd.

I might be wrong though.

thankyouJesus:

1. I really want to appreciate you for the advice sir.
2. I love programming a lots, this love have enabled me to develop skills in Visual Basics, R-Language, Python as you said, LaTEX, Matlab, and SPSS. I will work on C++ as you have adviced.
3. Mathematics is fun and like patterns to me (it takes only a "passionate" mathematics student or graduate to decipher this). Presently (emphasis on presently), all parts of mathematics interests me but ODE will top if I am to arrange in hierachical order.
Thank you for your time sir.

I have been thinking about your profile which I think is great for this role and for other things. Your programming skills are impressive for a math major and you are on the right path. I however can't field you for this role. You'll need graduate level coursework under your belt before you can compete for opportunities like this one. Nonetheless, something tells me your future is bright. Yes, complete the C++ routine and get really good at these languages. As you know, regular programming and problem-solving will get you there..I suggest you try to programme Brownian motion and other heavy quant areas that are used in finance. Good luck!

nitrogen:


Not sufficient, we are talking about linear algebra, calculus, statistics, probability theory, quantitative techniques etc. Quants is about using programming languages to aid the application of these mathematical stuffs.

I actually did some of those in school, and then I was thinking that they were not important or necessary for finance, years later, I got to understand.

Getting admitted to one of these top schools for a financial engineering or mathematical finance masters program is tough, I kid you not.

However, if they peruse your transcript and see that you took some of these mathematical and computer courses in the uni, they might consider you for a financial analysis program or something. But you will have to convince them like mahd.

I might be wrong though.

Hello Nitrogen, you're not wrong. Though it's doable, it will take some time to reach the required level. Normally, a one year MSc in quant finance won't equip with all the heavy quant skills required to compete with people who've done quant things all their lives..Nonetheless, there are exceptions to this rule.

Adesiji77:
@tanimola22

Boss, longest time! Nice one there

Thanks bro..

Have fun

jude2011:
@TANIMOLA22 . pls is an accountancy degree regarded as a highly quantitative degree? Can someone do msc in mathematical finance, financial economics or finance with a first class degree in accountancy abroad. Thanks

Hello bro,

Your background is impressive. For mathematical finance, however, your background is unusual. It would be hard for a very good programme to accept you if you haven't covered the undergraduate modules in the areas that @Nitro stated and including real analysis, PDEs etc..But some of these programmes offer preparatory courses and if you have the zeal and money to attend such courses in preparation for the main degree, you can take them..But I would only suggest that you do this at a respectable school because of future employment prospects. Hass Business School is an example. If you've the money, you can send them an email to ask whether they offer preparatory courses for people who have unusual backgrounds and are looking to do an MSc in quant finance.

tanimola22:


I have been thinking about your profile which I think is great for this role and for other things. Your programming skills are impressive for a math major and you are on the right path. I however can't field you for this role. You'll need graduate level coursework under your belt before you can compete for opportunities like this one. Nonetheless, something tells me your future is bright. Yes, complete the C++ routine and get really good at these languages. As you know, regular programming and problem-solving will get you there..I suggest you try to programme Brownian motion and other heavy quant areas that are used in finance. Good luck!

Noted, top of the morning to you sir.

tanimola22:


Hello Nitrogen, you're not wrong. Though it's doable, it will take some time to reach the required level. Normally, a one year MSc in quant finance won't equip with all the heavy quant skills required to compete with people who've done quant things all their lives..Nonetheless, there are exceptions to this rule.

Oga Tanimola22, despite the fact that someone is a badass financial modeller, business, derivatives and bonds valuations expert, CFA candidate (finals), learning programming, can work his way around all these Monte Carlo simulation, bayes theorem stuffs. It's still a tough deal, if I may say.

What do you think?

nitrogen:


Oga Tanimola22, despite the fact that someone is a badass financial modeller, business, derivatives and bonds valuations expert, CFA candidate (finals), learning programming, can work his way around all these Monte Carlo simulation, bayes theorem stuffs. It's still a tough deal, if I may say.

What do you think?

Hello Nitrogen.. You really have done well for yourself given what you've stated above. But these quant finance things are different from what the CFA material covers. They hardly overlap..You don't need the CFA for quant jobs. The signal banks want to see is that you have some idea of some material which usually is covered in grad level courses, though some undergraduate programs offer them.

Although with your profile you can make a sweet career in asset management, if you're keen in the area of quant finance and you have the time, I suggest you learn topics such as stochastic volatility models (SVM), stochastic calculus and time series econometrics. For instance, one of the major models for analytics at Morgan Stanley is SVM.

It's better to learn these topics in a formal environment i.e. an academic program and as part of a degree so that banks where you hope to interview will be convinced enough of your knowledge to grant you interviews. There is a household name in the field of quant finance and his name is Paul. You can get to hear his views and even register for his training if you have the cash. Paul's website is http://www.cqf.com/program/program-delivery. But note that banks would rather hire someone with a formal degree that shows a grasp of relevant topics than someone who acquired the same knowledge from an alternative source, excluding actual work experience of course.

T22

MOD in charge, you would do someone a favour if this could kindly go on the front page. Someone surely must fit this profile but just hasn't seen the opportunity..

tanimola22:
MOD in charge, you would do someone a favour if this could kindly go on the front page. Someone surely must fit this profile but just hasn't seen the opportunity..

@david470

@nitrogen

Are you a math major? Beside I will be glad to have a contact with you.

Thanks for your all time contribution

nitrogen:


Oga Tanimola22, despite the fact that someone is a badass financial modeller, business, derivatives and bonds valuations expert, CFA candidate (finals), learning programming, can work his way around all these Monte Carlo simulation, bayes theorem stuffs. It's still a tough deal, if I may say.

What do you think?