Quantitative Credit Strategist Analyst

About the Team

Within Global Markets, Global Credit is responsible for the primary (new issuance) and secondary trading of corporate (fins and non‑fins) debt and related instruments such as CDS, indices, options and structured products. It comprises different roles such as syndicate, debt capital markets, trading, sales, structuring and Credit360 which includes desk analysts and desk strategists.

The Credit360 team is part of Global Credit and is responsible for the in‑depth fundamental credit analysis of corporates and sectors, monitoring of trading risk, generation of trade ideas, marketing of trade ideas and views on the market to institutional investors via regular write‑ups.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Work with the Lisbon and London teams to build a quantitative infrastructure to support the analysis of sectors, companies and the credit market.
• Maintain, enhance and develop market data infrastructure to support trade idea generation (e. g. analysis of time series and static data on a variety of products – cash bonds, CDS, indices and CDS indices).
• Develop tools to support and enhance the trade idea generation process.
• Automate legacy tools (e. g. spreadsheet‑based) to free up workload and workflow from credit strategists.
• Work with quants to ensure data maintenance, reliability and accessibility by automating and batching processes.
• Develop new tools and approaches to credit analysis using innovative techniques such as Machine Learning, web scraping, sentiment analysis, news flow analysis and document analysis.
• Build back‑testing infrastructure to test a variety of trading signals.
• Drive projects that bring technological innovation to traditional credit research.
• Help with presentations and publications, client, trading and sales requests.

Profile and Skills to Success

• Master’s degree or Ph
  D in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physics or equivalent.
• Very good knowledge of coding in Python, VBA, BQL, SQL.
• Knowledge of data analysis / time‑series analysis (regression, machine learning, etc. ).
• Analytical, quantitative and problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of finance and interest in data / financial analysis.
• Ability to learn quickly, reliability and capacity to deliver.
• Attention to detail, rigor and ability to raise problems immediately to the broader team when necessary.
• Good written and oral communication skills in English.

About Global Markets

Global Markets, the capital markets division of BNP Paribas’ Corporate & Institutional Banking, is a powerhouse delivering top‑tier solutions across asset classes. Our Portugal platform (Porto and Lisbon) stands as a major European hub and a unique player in the country, boasting a wide range of front‑office roles and services – trading, sales, research, structuring, quants & engineering, business development and support, marketing & client support, risk management, data analytics and machine learning. Rapid growth and ambition to make a global impact mean many short‑ and long‑term opportunities.

Why Join BNP Paribas?

• Leading banking institution.
• Presence in Portugal since 1985 with more than 8, 700 employees.
• International reach across 63 countries and 10 business entities.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion – equal opportunity for all job seekers and no discrimination on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
• Commitment to work/life balance – support for personal well‑being and healthy work‑life integration.
• Remote working conditions – flexible remote working modalities, office and home equipment provision, equipment allowance and exclusive partnerships for additional equipment.

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.

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Seniority Level

Not Applicable

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Finance and Sales

Industries

Banking and Financial Services