Quantitative Consultant

Amsterdam/Remote
Full-time
Immediately

How you
describe yourself

PhD or Master's degree in mathematics, physics, econometrics, computer science or engineering
High degree of creativity and adaptability
Advanced programming skills in Python
A strong interest in machine learning
Solid communication, story lining and presentations skills
Affinity for the financial sector

What we
Offer

An inspiring workplace
Highly specialized colleagues
Intellectually challenging work
Freedom and ample room for growth
Close mentoring

What you will do

We are looking for a Quantitative Consultant to help grow the firm.

You will be part of project teams and participate in the full modelling scope: from imagining solutions to the strategic needs of our clients, to building and implementing them into their cloud infrastructure.

You will also have an active role at the office such as knowledge development and organizing events.

You will learn fast and keep your mind sharp by partnering with different clients to solve the most challenging puzzles using the latest technology.

Our company culture

RiskQuest is a consulting firm specializing in developing state-of-the art models and solutions for managing financial risks, preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, and making data-driven decisions to realize a sustainable strategy.

Since we were founded in 2008, we have been able to build and maintain an impressive customer base and work for all major Dutch financial institutions, including the Dutch central bank. We focus on our three pillars; Fighting Economic Crime, Financial Risk Management, and Energy & Climate Risk.

The growing team consists of 60 exceptional quants with backgrounds in mathematics, physics, and econometrics, combined with a strong commercial sense and the ability to explain complex matters to management, development, and academic audiences.

Our beautiful office is located at the Herengracht in Amsterdam. The working culture is open and informal, we value entrepreneurship, and always thrive for the highest quality. There is an intense social life with daily chess matches, ping pong competitions, after-work drinks, foreign trips and other activities.

Your day @ RiskQuest

Start of the day
08:30 - 09:30

After a beautiful bike ride through the city of Amsterdam to our office at the Herengracht, you start the day with a cup of coffee, having a chat with colleagues and checking your e-mail.
Meeting: Day Start
09:30 - 10:00

Time for the first meeting of the day, the day start. During this meeting we discuss the tasks that every team member is working on, together with general updates regarding the project. You ask a question related to a coding challenge that you are facing.
Coding
10:00 - 12:00

Time to do some real work. Together with your colleagues you are working to extend the feature base for our model.
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00

Because we are located in the centre of Amsterdam there are numerous options to score a good lunch. Today you pick an option from our own ‘RiskQuest menu’, which is a list of the best places in the neighbourhood.
Stakeholder meeting
13:00 - 14:00

In the afternoon you have a more in-depth meeting with different stakeholders to discuss updates on important risk drivers for our model. You show how the newly created features provide more information about the target variable.
Ad-hoc analysis
14:00 - 15:00

Some analysis into the outcomes of some production models is required for management information.
Game of Ping Pong
15:00 - 15:30

When you are at the office at the Herengracht you always like to play a game of ping pong in our backyard. After a painfull loss against Emma, it is time to go back to work.
Finish up & organize code
15:30 - 17:00

Towards the end of the day, you clean up your code and push all your changes to GIT. After some final reviews you are ready to leave for home.

Insights from your colleagues

The opportunities for development are pretty much infinite. It mainly depends on yourself, showing that you want to develop and having the will to actually do so. This aspect, combined with a really nice and informal atmosphere definitely makes RiskQuest stand out.

Johannes Lont

Senior Manager – Fighting Economic Crime

Our application procedure

Screening

The recruitment team screens your application on the basis of a CV, motivation letter and list of grades. Do we look like a good match on paper? Then the recruitment team will contact you within 2 days.

Introductory meeting

Match? Then we would like to welcome you to the office. We would love to get to know you through an introductory meeting

Second interview

If the introductory meeting was a success, we would like to plan a second interview with two of our consultants. You will be given a case interview if deemed necessary in the introductory meeting.