Job Profile Summary:

To conduct research and develop strategies which will improve AHL’s trading of financial markets across AHL research.

• Assist in running AHL’s Short-term Trading strategies smoothly in collaboration with Operations and Trading. Be a systems and implementation expert in collaboration with other technically minded team members

• Follow markets and their impact on the trading model (performance reviews): propose appropriate model diagnostics: feedback observations into research

• Research, develop and implement research and strategies trading in the Short-term Trading sector

• Contribute to AHL’s overall research effort by collaborating with other teams across AHL

• Follow industry/academic literature for innovations and suggest how AHL can profit from this

• Applying quantitative techniques and market intuition to large, often novel or unconventional, datasets and cultivate areas of expertise along the way

• Contribute to the business’ overall research effort by interacting with and collaborating with other research teams

• PhD or exceptional Masters qualification in quantitative subject

• Knowledge/understanding of the structure and drivers of returns in financial markets

• A demonstrable interest in algorithmic trading, financial derivatives, and markets in general

• Able to create a range of trading strategies, with in-depth knowledge of at least one AHL trading strategy, understands the underlying structures and behaviours of the market

• Able to implement trading strategies using Python. Ideally have an aptitude with other programming languages e.g. CIC++, Java or similar, familiarity with Linux/Unix

• Aware of what statistical and mathematical tools and techniques are available and able to independently decide what is appropriate to use in which circumstances

• Able to write clear, concise, and informative technical reports and proposals

• 3 years' work experience in researching and developing strategies in equities

• Exceptional quantitative as well as programming skills

• Entrepreneurial team player, able to push and discuss views with the rest of the team and contribute to our wider research agenda