Financial Analyst

Fortech is looking to add a Financial Analyst to its team in Cluj-Napoca.

You will be part of an entrepreneurial team executing a plan to rapidly grow the risk counseling and fintech business (called AIPERION). In this role, you will work at the modeling of investment portfolios. Also, you will offer support for modeling consultancy and investment risk optimization for pension funds, foundations, universities as well as other institutional investors. You will be involved in R&D projects including AI.

This role requires an important mathematical component, which needs to be combined with solid knowledge of capital markets, investment management and, particularly important, financial instruments including derivatives.

You will work in Romania, in a distributed AIPERION-Fortech team. The team is based in Cluj-Napoca and Chicago. While based in Cluj-Napoca, you will have constant interaction with the Chicago executives and expect to have frequent, mostly online, interaction with clients from the US. You will work directly with the Chicago-based CEO on models and consultancy. You will assist as a finance specialist the combined Aiperion-Fortech software development and research team in Cluj-Napoca.

Please attach to your CV a short letter of intent, telling us why this position interests you and why you are a good fit for it.

Cluj Napoca

On-site | Full-time

Finance

What's in It for You

You will be at the center of innovation aiming to bring AI and technology in portfolio management.

Work environment focused on empowerment and trust.

You will travel nationally and occasionally, internationally, to client offices, conferences and events.

Your Responsibilities

Risk modeling of investments using AIPERION risk framework and its own software platform (RiskKey)
Support in consultancy projects involving modeling and/or optimization of investment risks for various global institutional clients: retirement funds, foundations, universities, etc.
Support the R&D team in its scientific research projects
Depending on expertise level and interest, contribute to the development of new scientific solutions
In time, expect to receive the responsibility for consultancy projects
Interact with clients in various stages like onboarding, data gathering, delivery
Support the CEO and the scientific team with various analyses
Support the software development team and the product owners in specifications and testing

Your Competencies

Strong knowledge of financial instruments, especially financial derivatives (options, futures) is a prerequisite
Strong knowledge of mathematics and statistics or physics
Knowledge of global capital markets
Experience or completed courses in: financial markets; pricing methods of financial instruments, including derivatives; portfolio management; financial analysis; mathematics and statistics; macroeconomics
Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or PhD in financial engineering or similar, with advanced mathematics or statistics courses
Experience in capital markets or research in financial instruments is a plus
Candidates who are enrolled in master or PhD courses in finance/financial instruments are also accepted. In exceptional cases, candidates who are in the last year of Bachelor’s study are also accepted
No apriori knowledge of artificial intelligence or software development is need. However, good knowledge of Excel and statistical packages is needed

Meet the Team

“We are looking for an analytical, intellectually curious person, who will collaborate with key stakeholders and partners. You will be challenged to identify clients’ unsolved problems, to bring these problems to the scientific and tech teams and help solve them.

By working with customers, the CEO and product development team, you will shape the future of the way portfolio management is understood in the investment community.

Sounds attractive? Send us your CV, tell us why this interests you and let’s meet for a talk.”

(Sorina, Managing Partner and CEO, AIPERION)

Apply to Job

IT Recruiter Cluj-Napoca Laura Bogdan E: [email protected] T: +40 364 715 641