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Position Overview POSITION OVERVIEW: Apollo is seeking a quantitative analyst with strong business acumen and exceptional technical skills as part of its ISGI function. The Quant function is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of quantitative tools and the production and support of quantitative metrics across the firm and as such is a critical part of the firm's business strategy. As part of this team, you will be responsible for designing, developing and/or maintaining quantitative libraries for risk, valuation and stress for use in ISGI. Key asset classes include Structured Credit (vanilla as well as exotic asset backed securities), Derivatives (rates, credit, equity, FX and commodities), public and private equity, and typical fixed income instruments (with or without embedded options) spanning the whole range of credit assets such as corporate bonds, leveraged loans, emerging market debt, private credit, commercial and residential real estate debt, infrastructure debt, convertible bonds, preferred stock, and government bonds. You will leverage your product/markets experience and programming skills to develop tools that measure risks appropriately. You will be responsible for working with the Portfolio Managers to model security risks, respond to inquiries, and make recommendations that will ultimately influence investment choices and portfolio construction. In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of risk analytics by developing tools to identify any potential issues and by investigating and rectifying any identified issues in the risk analytics. Qualifications & Experience PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Ensure accuracy of risk analytics by developing tools to identify any potential issues. Investigate and rectify any identified issues in the risk analytics. Utilize existing proprietary model libraries for generating portfolio exposures, stress testing, risk metrics and performance attribution. Validate analytical outputs that fully reflect the key risks of each position and meet the risk management objectives of portfolio managers and senior management. Reach out to modeling teams for any identified discrepancies in model output for resolution. Partner with Technology teams to deliver state-of-the-art risk analytics and models. Clearly and concisely articulate complex ideas to target audiences including portfolio managers, traders and executive management. Build and manage relationships with senior global stakeholders, and with local and regional business leaders, including internal and external parties. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: (Academic, Professional, Experience) 3+ years of experience in Fixed Income Analytics Data in large Investment Banks or Asset Managers with focus on traded credit products and Asset Backed Securities Understanding of credit market dynamics including cash, synthetics, and structured products. Strong understanding of quantitative credit methodologies and traded credit analytics. Deep experience in designing risk and valuation models for credit securities, structured products and complex derivatives. Proven expertise in stress testing and scenario analysis to assess risk exposures. Programming skills in Python, R, SQL, and Excel (required) and C/C++ (preferred). Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering quantitative disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, financial engineering, and econometrics is preferred. Practical and hands-on experience in financial markets. Strong communication and diplomatic skills are required to guide, influence, and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Demonstrated ability to work effectively and independently across different businesses and functional areas with thorough attention to detail in a potentially high paced environment. Collaborative, organized, flexible and results driven. Must have strong drive and initiative, be collaborative to effectively liaise with senior stakeholders and colleagues. A forward thinking, creative individual who challenges the status quo and takes initiative to reengineer processes. Strong project management skills Excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to resolve conflict and observe confidentiality. Be nimble and flexible to balance multiple tasks simultaneously. The ability to take on a task and "run with it" to conclusion is a critical characteristic of this role. ABOUT APOLLO Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in

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