Do you want to work at a fast-growing international company, and do you have an affinity with finance and quantitative analytics?

Are you ready to build cutting-edge modelling solutions, lead high-impact projects, and drive innovation in a dynamic environment where economic and financial developments directly affect your work?

If so, keep on reading, for we may be looking for you!

What will you do as Quantitative Financial Analyst?

As a Quantitative Financial Analyst at Ortec Finance, you will:

• Develop and enhance quantitative models that project risk and return for multiple asset classes, including equities, bonds, and credit.
• Determine the best methodologies and assumptions to value client assets accurately and assess associated risks.
• Create innovative modelling solutions for complex challenges such as structured assets and credit risk transitions.
• Monitor financial markets and economic trends to provide well-informed risk and return outlooks.
• Lead high-impact projects like the annual innovation cycle and climate risk integration into stochastic scenarios.
• Take responsibility for producing the Ortec Finance Scenario Set and guide team members in developing quantitative tools.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
• Provide expert support and explanations to clients and business specialists, aiding their decision-making processes.

By playing a key role in advancing our quantitative models, you directly contribute to the ongoing success and innovation at Ortec Finance. 

Watch the video of our colleague on our career page to learn more about this job.

What makes you our Quantitative Financial Analyst?

As Quantitative Financial Analyst, you combine excellent quantitative skills with strong project management skills. You are result-oriented and you have a proactive attitude. As such, you really want to make a difference in this role! And of course, you recognize yourself in our core values.

Furthermore, we expect the following from you:

• Affinity with finance and quantitative analytics is mandatory.
• University degree in a quantitative field such as Econometrics, Mathematics, Physics, quantitative finance, or (mathematical) economics.
• Solid knowledge of financial markets and economics.
• Programming skills in Python, Matlab, Java or similar languages / packages.
• Excellent communications skills in English, both written and orally, and an active participation in the team.
• We’re looking for candidates who are legally authorized to live and work here.
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience.

What do we offer?

We offer you a challenging and rewarding role in a growing company, while being part of an inspirational global business with a lot of opportunities for personal and professional career development. And you will be part of an industry-leading global team, renowned for excellence!

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer you excellent benefits, including:

• Fixed 13th month, 8% holiday allowance, participation in a bonus scheme (based on achieving pre-determined set of KPI’s, a bonus of 12% of the annual salary can be earned), participation in the pension scheme, commute and business travel allowance, working from home allowance, 27 vacation days and the possibility to buy more.
• Opportunities to develop yourself with a training program as well as weekly research and knowledge meetings.
• Hybrid working (Working from the office in Rotterdam or Amsterdam combining with working from home).
• One-year contract with the prospect of a permanent position.
• An open and informal work environment (Active staff association, annual ski trip, staff social events, annual summer and Christmas party and much more) with inspiring, smart and enthusiastic colleagues.

Who are we?

Working at Ortec Finance means working in a continuously innovating world where science, academics, and mathematics go hand in hand, since models are key in helping Ortec Finance’ clients with complex financial decisions. Because that is what we love: helping people to make better decisions.

Here, your daily job is very in-depth, based on evidence and relevant for society. It means a job that matters. Your learning curve is steep; we learn something new every single day. And we need to, because continuous innovation is key. Especially in a fin tech world. We thrive on innovation, challenging the status quo at every turn.

Our ultimate goal is to help as many people as possible to make their own investment decisions and improve their ability to reach their objectives. These objectives are not just financial targets but can have e.g., environmental and social components as well. We provide insights and technology to society as a whole and integrate sustainability into the decision making of our clients. For more information, watch the videos on our careers page.

Ortec Finance is the leading provider of technology and solutions for risk and return management. It is our purpose to enable people to manage the complexity of investment decisions. We do this through delivering leading technologies and solutions for investment decision-making to financial institutions around the world. Our strength lies in an effective combination of advanced models, innovative technology and in-depth market knowledge. More at www.ortecfinance.com

The Scenario & Asset Valuation (SAV) solution

SAV is end-to-end responsible for the innovation, calibration, software, and maintenance of our economic scenario generators and is in direct contact with its clients. The economic scenario generators are available as real-world scenarios for investment and risk management purposes, and as risk-neutral (or arbitrage free) scenarios for valuation purposes. The real-world economic scenario generator is the Ortec Finance Scenario set (OFS) which provides the valuations and risks of various asset classes in the present and future. The OFS creates real-world stochastic scenarios with a worldwide asset class coverage and provides the financial risk and return expectations for more than 600 risk-drivers for a short-, medium- and long-term horizon. The OFS is calibrated and analyzed with our Dynamic Scenario Generator (DSG) software. The risk-neutral economic scenario generator (RN-scenarios) enables actuaries and finance professionals to perform market-consistent valuations of optionality in insurance liabilities and of financial contingent claims more generally. The OFS, DSG and RN-scenarios are a cornerstone in the advisory services Ortec Finance provides to its clients and serves as a crucial input in the financial decision making for applications such as ALM and risk management for pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds and private wealth management all over the world. SAV is an innovative multidisciplinary group of about 25 people with Quantitative Financial Analysts, Business Specialists and Quantitative and Software Developers.

Introducing the team

You will become part of a team with a strong quantitative analytical background responsible for the production and innovation of the Ortec Finance Scenario set (OFS). The team is multidisciplinary with focus areas in innovation, model calibration and automation, OFS production, and research. Working in this team you can really make an impact as the OFS is a key product in enabling clients to make robust investment and risk management decisions. The team operates in a dynamic environment characterized by the need for continuous innovation, the multiplicity of stakeholders involved, and relevant external technical, economic and financial market developments. The team operates in an open and collaborative spirit combined with a strong drive to innovate.

Diversity & Inclusion

One of the core values of Ortec Finance is personal initiative and helping each other. Our D&I policy reflects exactly that: showing personal initiative to be who you want to be and being open to people with a different background or idea. We have respect for opinions of others and appreciate the differences that make us all unique individuals with our own strengths and challenges. You can find our full D&I Statement here.

More information or do you want to apply?

For more information regarding this position please contact Marijn Heijmerikx, Team Lead – Engineering at +31 10 700 5000 or send an email to recruitment@ortec-finance.com.

Ready to be part of our team? Click the application button to get started!

We hope to meet you soon!