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Presto

Algorithmic trading and financial services

Middle Office Quant Analyst

Risk ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • 2–5 years of experience in risk management or trading operations within a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or prime brokerage environment.
  • Hands-on experience supporting long/short equity and derivatives trading, including trade lifecycle, position and profit-and-loss reconciliation, and interaction with trading or investment teams.
  • Strong proficiency in Python for data analysis and automation, SQL for data extraction and manipulation, and familiarity with Linux environments.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English with traders, engineers, and external counterparties.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain risk monitoring frameworks for equity long/short and multi-strategy portfolios, including factor risk models and performance attribution.
  • Monitor beta, sector, country, and factor exposures across strategies; highlight concentration, drift, and potential risk issues.
  • Analyze crowding, cross-strategy correlation, and common risk drivers across strategies, especially under stressed market conditions.
  • Conduct quantitative risk and performance analysis to generate actionable insights for traders, management, and risk governance.
  • Build, automate, and improve analytical tools and dashboards supporting risk management, capital allocation, and performance evaluation.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in hedge funds with a long/short equity strategy.
  • Familiarity with prime brokerage workflows and broker data, including confirmations, statements, margin, and financing.
  • Ability to independently investigate and resolve trading, position, and profit-and-loss discrepancies under time constraints.
  • Ability to work closely with traders, engineers, and external counterparties to diagnose issues and deliver solutions.
  • Strong quantitative and problem-solving mindset, with the ability to analyze trading and risk data.

About the Company

Presto

Algorithmic trading and financial services

Presto is an algorithmic trading and financial services firm. The company uses quantitative research, data, and software systems to develop trading signals and execute strategies across financial markets. It serves institutional counterparties, trading venues, investors, and internal portfolio teams. Its operating model centers on research, engineering, trading, risk, and middle-office functions operating across Asian financial centers. Teams work across quantitative research, trading, software engineering, data, risk, operations, and business development. The business combines technical knowledge, practical execution, and ongoing support across the markets it serves.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
2014

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