Cross River builds the infrastructure behind innovative financial products and is seeking an Associate/AVP, Quantitative Strategist to join their Quantitative Analysis Group. This role involves collaborating with investment professionals to manage a multi-billion dollar portfolio and driving data-driven insights across investment strategies.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with investment teams to evaluate new opportunities
- Build analytical tools, investment frameworks and research new methodologies necessary to systematically analyze credit investments
- Support ongoing & new investment mandates with historical analytics & performance-based insights
- Deliver quantitative & model-driven evaluation of deal collateral & provide key inputs for pricing and deal economics
- Play a key role in championing and promoting quantitative investment themes by systematically introducing analytical methods, tools and techniques to add value in the investment management lifecycle
- Collaborate with other functions within the bank like Treasury, FP&A, etc. to ensure capital deployment objectives are uniformly met
Skills
- Master's degree in Financial Engineering, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or any another quantitative field
- 1+ years experience in Fixed Income markets is required
- Experience in use of both Machine Learning and Quantitative Finance techniques for fixed income credit modeling and investment management
- Fluency in Excel & Programming
- Hands-on experience in Python & SQL is required
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
- Detail-oriented, strong analytical & quantitative skills, excellent communication skills – written & verbal
- Exposure to ABS, Structured Credit and/or alternative investments is strongly preferred
Company Overview
- Cross River Bank provides technology infrastructure powering the future of financial services. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://crossriver.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Cross River has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 7 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.