Global Markets – Agency Algorithmic Trading – Quantitative Analyst

Your role

We’re looking for a quantitative analyst to support algorithmic trading platform and client analytics and quantitative configuration across APAC markets. The role combines platform level quantitative work with production analytics, transaction cost analysis (TCA), and client facing performance review support. You will:
• Develop and maintain quantitative frameworks that influence algorithmic trading behaviour, including market specific configuration and analytics logic.
• Enhance analytics pipelines used for algorithm monitoring and performance analysis, including helping drive data availability and re processing requirements with relevant data teams.
• Perform execution performance analysis and transaction cost analysis (TCA) for internal and client facing reviews.
• Analyse execution behaviour across market conditions, arrival times, and execution styles, translating results into clear, actionable insights, client specific and broader platform / algo improvements and internalization.
• Support methodology discussions and follow up analysis related to analytics outputs and benchmarks as well as providing market microstructure based insights.
• Partner with Trading, Product, Technology, and Control teams to ensure analytics outputs align with platform behaviour and business requirements.

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Your team

You’ll join the Algorithms and Analytics team within Agency Algorithmic Trading, responsible for quantitative analysis, platform analytics, and execution insight across APAC equity markets.

Your expertise

You have:
• 2–3+ years of experience in algorithmic trading, execution analytics, or a related agency execution quantitative role.
• A solid understanding of market structure and its impact on electronic execution.
• Experience working with production analytics systems or quantitative platforms.
• Strong programming skills in Python; experience with kdb+/q is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with data visualisation and analytics tools (e.g. Python plotting libraries, dashboards, or equivalent).
You are:
• Comfortable explaining quantitative results to both technical and non technical stakeholders, including client facing discussions.
• Analytical, detail oriented, and able to work across complex data and system dependencies.
• Effective at collaborating across quantitative, trading, technology, and product teams.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

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