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CDPQ

Global pension fund manager and investor

Analyste principal - Modélisation des produits financiers

Quantitative ResearchPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeMontreal, QC, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold a second-cycle degree in financial engineering, finance, applied mathematics applied to finance, or an equivalent field.
  • Have at least three years of experience developing, validating, or using quantitative models applied to financial markets.
  • Have significant quantitative finance experience in fixed income, interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity, and hybrid and exotic derivatives.
  • Have a solid understanding of financial products, particularly derivatives, and good knowledge of finance concepts and applied mathematics used in portfolio management and financial instruments.
  • Have programming skills in Python, SQL, Matlab, VBA, C#, or similar tools.
  • Be proficient in French and English, spoken and written, for interaction with external partners based outside Quebec.

Responsibilities

  • Design, model, and integrate derivative and financial products into the valuation, performance, and risk chain.
  • Contribute actively to business initiatives while meeting quality and rigor requirements.
  • Monitor developments and best practices in modeling and designing derivative and financial products in the market.
  • Continuously improve valuation quality by strengthening controls on inputs such as yield curves and volatility surfaces, models, and valuations, using current artificial intelligence tools.
  • Manage the product-integration inventory and document valuation protocols.
  • Work in project mode and present and explain work progress to different teams at La Caisse.
  • Propose recommendations and validate results for new products and valuation or sensitivity-measurement models, including Greeks and DV01, within management tools such as Murex, in collaboration with relevant teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • Membership in or candidacy for a professional organization or designation such as CFA, FRM, or CAIA.
  • Proficiency with reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Streamlit.
  • Knowledge of financial-market software such as Bloomberg, Murex, or Databricks.

About the Company

CDPQ

Global pension fund manager and investor

La Caisse manages the funds for Québec’s public and parapublic pension and insurance plans and invests globally to generate long-term returns that support the province’s economy. It allocates capital across asset classes like private equity, stocks, bonds, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure, using subsidiaries such as Ivanhoé Cambridge and Otéra Capital to build a diversified portfolio. It is government-backed with a mandate to balance returns and public development, operating with a global network of offices and a governance framework focused on transparency and responsibility. Its goal is to maximize long-term value for Québec’s pension and insurance plan members while promoting economic growth in Québec and advancing climate-related investments, including a carbon-neutral portfolio by 2050 and about $400 billion in climate action investments by 2030.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$10.9B
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
1965

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