Quantitative Solutions Executive

Ideas | People | Trust 

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm,providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.  

Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited andhigh‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them. 

We’ll broaden yourhorizons  

Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry. 

We’ll help yousucceed  

Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with clients and building long-lasting relationships. 

You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, butyou’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You’ll be encouraged toidentify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providingadditional services to our clients. 

Overview

In this role you'll be expected to be involved in a range of valuation and advisory engagements relating to financial products (derivatives and cash based) across all asset classes that will include both contentious and non-contentious matters. Such engagements will also include risk related matters such as the modelling of default risk. You will also be involved in other forms of quantitative/statistical advisory projects.

You'll be someone with:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or Computer Science with an Interest in finance and financial instrument valuation, hedging and structuring.
• Familiarity in programming in a high-level language (e.g. Python, R, MATLAB, Excel VBA) and/or experience with econometric software packages (e.g. STATA, SAS).
• An effective communicator with an Intellectual curiosity and analytical mind-set.
• Strong business writing, analytical and modelling skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills. Someone who can clearly articulate in a technical and non technical way
• An interest in applying tools from finance, mathematics and data science to provide pragmatic and robust solutions

At BDO,we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. 

We’re in it together 

Mutual support and respectis one ofBDO’s core values andwe’re proud ofourdistinctive, people-centred culture. Frominformal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching,we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personaland professional needs. 

Wecanprovide the best supportforour clients and peoplewhenwe’reworkingside by side. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas andhelpone another. At BDO,you’llalways have access to the people and resources you needto do your best work. 

Weknow thatcollaborationisthekey to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, sowe’ve invested instate-of-the-artcollaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s peoplerepresent a wealth of knowledge andexpertise, andwe’llencourage youtobuild your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With arangeof multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources,you’ll never stop learning at BDO. 

We’re looking forward to thefuture  

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.  

Our success is powered by our people, which is whywe’re always finding new ways to invest in them. Across the UK thousands of unique minds coming together to help our clients reach their ambitions. 

We’ve got a clear purpose, andwe’re confident in our future, becausewe’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach,integrity andexpertise. We shape the future together with openness andclarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.