Jobs in IT, Finance, Stats, and Clinical Trials

Here you will find a variety of jobs for statisticians in the fields of Quantitative Finance, Economics, IT, Quality Control, and Clinical Trials. Specialized jobs for mathematicians and statisticians include jobs in Weather and Climate Prediction. We have also listed Entry level IT jobs in India and UK in a different section.

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Credit Risk Modeller

Background Information: This role offers the opportunity to play a leading consultancy role in a growing organization. You will be deployed on a number of internal facing projects internationally and be responsible for managing the full project life cycle from requirements gathering to managing expectations and leading team members through the project.

Qualifications/Skills To apply for this role you will be an experienced credit risk analyst and have extensive knowledge within the areas of credit risk model development and validation statistical techniques including regression, reject inference, decision trees, cluster analysis and neural networks. This will cover: Application / Behavioural Risk, Value / Risk Reward, PD LGD and EAD and Collections.You will be a strong SAS user and have experience of facing in to Senior stakeholders across the business.

Contact on 020 84086070 or cvs@harnhamsearch.com

C++, C#, SQL Server Software Engineer

Background Information: Joining an established team producing and supporting cutting edge mobile messaging applications, this role will involve involvement in all stages of the project life-cycle including specification, design, coding, testing, deployment, maintenance and support on a diverse range of Microsoft platforms. The successful candidate will have a proven and demonstrable track-record of producing quality software working to a detailed specification and project plan sometimes under tight timescales.

Qualifications/Skills Your technical skills will include a strong knowledge of C++, C#.NET and MS SQL Server, together with extensive experience in the implementation of software solutions using C++ or C# on Microsoft platforms. Added interest, though not essential, will come from exposure to Mobile telecommunications protocols such as MMS, WAP, SMPP, ASP.NET, AJAX and Web Services.

Contact on 020 84086070 or cvs@harnhamsearch.com

Managing Econometricians

Background Information: This is your chance to step up to the board with my client, one of the foremost names in econometric consultancy and join their board of directors. This role will not only offer you the chance to give free reign to your creativity and have your way with models, but also responsibility of overseeing projects from start to finish. You will shape the way people think about products, businesses and brands on a daily basis. And with scope to make an impact on the entire business, this is your chance to make that breakthrough in your career and take your time series to the top! Once there, you find yourself working at the heart of the city of London, mixing it and modelling for some of the biggest names in business. You will get the chance to work on the big pitches, make the big presentations and pass on your expertise to junior econometricians.

Qualifications/Skills You will be educated to degree level in a numerate discipline such as Econometrics, Economics, Statistics, Operations Research etc. Those with Master's degrees will find it advantageous to their application. Needless to say, you will be skilled in time series econometrics and have the ability to make forecasts and provide actionable insights that drive revenues. You should also have a sound grounding in a statistical package such as SAS, SPSS, EViews or Matlab.

You can also visit our website www.corporate-recruiter.co.uk to view a whole variety of Statistical, Econometric and Credit Risk opportunities. Call today on 0207 861 9987.

Senior Support Software Engineer

Background Information: This vacancy is in the Strategic Weather Information Forecasting Tool (SWIFT) team which sits within the Technology & Information Services (TIS) division of the Met Office. The TIS remit is to manage the complete system life-cycle for a range of IT systems and services needed to directly provide, or support delivery of services to, our wide range of customers.

The SWIFT team is responsible for developing and supporting our operational systems. The Met Office interactive forecaster desktop and automatic chart production systems are essential for the forecast production process. Operational systems are installed at over 40 Met Office and external customer sites both in the UK and overseas. Running on Windows, Unix and Linux the systems provide a 24x7 service.

During the coming months, the existing operational systems, known within the Met Office as Horace and Nimbus, will be replaced by SWIFT. SWIFT makes extensive use of new technologies, providing web mapping, coverage and feature services within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). We are looking for someone to join the team to work on this transition and ongoing support to the system.

Purpose of the job To support and maintain forecaster desktop and production systems.

Visit Met Office Site for more details and application forms. The last date for applications is 16 June 2009.

Linux/Unix Analyst

Background Information: The Distributed Information Services (DIS) group, which is part of the IT Platforms group, is responsible for delivering and supporting the majority of Linux-, Unix- and Windows-based systems in the Met Office. The Unix team provides operating system and software support for the Linux- and Unix-based estate, which includes a significant number of operational delivery platforms including resilient clusters, providing services to both internal and external customers on a 24/7 basis, as well as the scientific desktop. This challenges the existing technical limits of the IT environment, leading to interesting and varied work across differing contexts and systems.

Purpose of the job The job holder will build, support and manage Linux and Unix platforms for use as desktop and operational systems to enable the creation of new products required to support the Met Office business.

Visit Met Office Site for more details and application forms.

Econometric/Statistical Associate Director

There is an opportunity for an adventurous Senior Analyst or Consultant in market research, who has aspirations to better their career and / or finances. Responsibilities include innovative marketing insight approaches to business problems using analytical techniques such as multivariate analysis, factor analysis, regression, conjoint analysis, and / or segmentation. You will also be required to develop and manage projects as well as present plans and findings to internal and external clients. That said the role has a strong external client focus.

You will be consulting, supporting and leading teams through the whole marketing research process. This would include research, analysis and strategies to achieve business objectives. Building, motivating and coaching teams will also be required as an Associate Director. You will be involved with various aspects of Client Relationship Management, and will be responsible for the finances of specific projects. The ability to strongly promote econometric analysis internally and externally will be highly advantageous.

Call 0207 861 9987 for further details. You could also Call and / or send your CV to: sarah@corporate-recruiter.co.uk .

Quantitative Research Analyst

Requirements:
*PhD in a quantitative discipline with extensive application of machine learning techniques.
*A demonstrable interest in algorithmic trading, financial derivatives and markets.
*Proven independent research ability together with considerable scientific computing experience.
*Experience of applied statistics, mathematical modelling and real-world data analysis.
*Familiarity with Linux/Unix, Python or MATLAB and C/C++, R/Splus or similar.
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills including delivering presentations and writing papers.

*Please send your application letter, CV and completed skills sheet to: gradrecruit@maninvestments.com

Senior Econometric Consultant

The ability to deliver solutions with clarity in a suitable way for the target audience is essential as you will be dealing with clients from diverse backgrounds. You will be required to provide clear campaign strategies and deadlines with the capacity to delegate roles to others, so that projects are completed successfully.

You should be a committed team player who will be taking a proactive role in the coaching, mentoring and development of junior consultants. Applicants should have upwards of 3 years experience ideally in a marketing or media environment. The ability to confidently use MS Office applications is required. Salary is dependent upon skills and experience.

If you have these qualities and experience then send us your CV, or call us on 020 7861 9987. Don't hesitate APPLY before 1 Jan 2009.

Scientific Programmer: Variation Informatics

Job description: The Vertebrate Genomics Team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) seeks a post-doctoral researcher to participate in the analysis of human genetic diversity. The programmer will have the opportunity to work with the dense genotyping data now being produced for large cohorts including those associated with diseases in the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and world-wide population diversity as exemplified by the 1000 Genomes project and the Human Genome Diversity Panel.

Qualifications and experience: The ideal candidate will have a PhD in genetics, statistics, physics, mathematics or computer science with a demonstrated interest in population or statistical genetics. Applications are welcome from candidates with qualifications in computational and mathematical sciences seeking to move into the field of genomics. The post holder must be comfortable working in a UNIX/Linux environment and must be an accomplished programmer in a high level language such as C/C++.

To apply, please send a CV (including names and addresses of referees) and covering letter, by email, quoting ref. no. W/08/068/EBI in the subject line, to: applications@ebi.ac.uk. Closing Date: 30 November 2008.

Database Application Developer

Job description: The European Bioinformatics Institute provides cutting edge research and services for biomolecular data. We are looking for a highly motivated Database Application Developer to work in the Proteomics Services Team on the PRIDE Protein Identification Database, a rapidly growing resource at the interface between basic molecular biology and biomedical research.

Qualifications and experience: The ideal applicant should have a degree in a relevant field (ideally an interdisciplinary degree in biology/chemistry/computer science) or proven professional experience. Profound knowledge of Java is required. Extensive experience in relational databases and ideally web application development is essential. Knowledge of the following concrete technologies is a plus: Oracle, MySQL, object-relational mapping (Hibernate), AJAX, mass spectrometry.

To apply, please send a CV (including names and addresses of referees) and covering letter, by email, quoting ref. no. W/08/069/EBI in the subject line, to: applications@ebi.ac.uk. Closing Date 30 November 2008.

CASE Studentship (Oxford, UK)

Applications are invited for a postgraduate studentship, funded by EPSRC and HSBC, to work on Network analysis of foreign exchange markets with Dr Mason Porter and Prof. Sam Howison (from the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, part of the Mathematical Institute), and Mr Stacy Williams (HSBC).

The student will also interact frequently with Oxford's complex systems and financial mathematics research groups. Some time each year will be spent on the trading floor in order to gain direct experience with the markets being modelled. The studentship is available for 1 August 2009 start and is subject to standard Doctoral Training Account rules for eligibility.

Further particulars may be obtained from Margaret Sloper at The Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LB, email graduate.studies@maths.ox.ac.uk. Applications should include a CV, a cover letter, the name and address of three referees and the University's application form for graduate study, which can be downloaded from oxford university website and must arrive by lunchtime on 10 February 09. Applicants must arrange for their referees to send references directly to the Graduate Studies Assistant (fax or e-mail is sufficient) by the closing date. Please quote reference BK/08/052.

The closing date for applications is 10 February 2009.

Business Development Manager

The Smith Institute exploits mathematical modelling to assist its clients and partners in designing and deploying system engineering solutions and in supporting innovation programmes. We are at the forefront of the industrial and business applications of mathematics in the UK. The Institute currently has key client relationships in performance engineering, algorithm design and implementation, risk modelling, and data analysis.

All applicants should have a higher degree in a mathematical discipline and experience of an industrial or business environment. For Business Development roles, previous experience of client contact or developing business relationships is highly desirable. Applications are equally welcome from people in the early stages of their careers, or with several years' of employment as a mathematician, system engineer or in business development. Appointments will be made at a level commensurate with expertise and experience.

Please send a full CV, including the details of two referees, to Gillian Hoyle, Smith Institute, Surrey Technology Centre, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YG. Further particulars for these positions are available via email to gillian.hoyle@smithinst.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 18 November 2008

Mathematical Modeller

UK, London-based Mathematical Modeller, Fraud Detection

Based in central London, Alaric Systems Ltd is looking to recruit staff with excellent analytical skills to work on the research and development of mathematical fraud detection models in connection with Alaric's market leading enterprise and card fraud detection system, Fractals. Candidates should have an excellent first degree in mathematics or other numerate subject. A relevant higher degree involving data mining or mathematical modelling would be an advantage as would exposure to Java and Oracle.

Candidates should possess good interpersonal skills as the post involves a high degree of customer interaction. Some travel in Europe, U.S.A. and the Far East will be necessary from time to time. Candidates should have 4-5 years relevant work experience although exceptionally strong recent graduate or postgraduates will also be considered. Candidates must already be authorized to work in the UK and Europe. Salary up to £60K.

For further details, please contact: Mike Alford. Tel: +44 207 593 2200

Clinical Statistician (U.K)

As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is a business that is totally focused on turning good ideas into innovative medicines. Statisticians play a highly influential role in our success.

Qualified to at least Masters level, you'll bring strong technical and practical statistical skills to support project teams in one or more of the following areas: Design, analysis and interpretation of clinical studies. Modelling and simulation expertise with multidimensional data (e.g. genetics, omics and biomarker studies). Computationally intensive methods e.g. data mining, MCMC, likelihood inference, resampling.

In return, you'll enjoy excellent and flexible rewards, a supportive development environment, plus the wide-ranging opportunities and challenges you need to excel in your statistical career. To apply, please visit http://careers.astrazeneca.co.uk searching under reference DEV989. Closing date: 24th August 2008.

Bioinformatician

degree-level qualification in the computational or biological sciences required. 2+ years experience of professional software development is essential. Highly proficient in use of relational DBs (particularly mysql) and expert in the programming language Perl. European Bioinformatics Institute; Hinxton, Cambridge / deadline 23 August 2008.

To apply, please send a CV (including names and addresses of referees) and covering letter, by email, quoting ref. no. W/08/054/EBI in the subject line, to: applications@ebi.ac.uk. Personnel, EMBL, Postfach 10.2209, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany. Fax: +49 6221 387555 E-mail: application@embl.de

Quantitative Research Analyst

AHL is part of Man Group and one of the largest managed futures style hedge funds. We have a long history of profitably trading global financial and commodity markets using model-based, purely systematic approaches. Part of the success of AHL is down to the robust and rigorous research underpinning the trading models and thus this role provides the opportunity to contribute directly to the future of the business.

Requirements:

1) PhD in a quantitative discipline with extensive application of machine learning techniques
2) A demonstrable interest in algorithmic trading, financial derivatives and markets
3) Proven independent research ability together with considerable scientific computing experience
4) Experience of applied statistics, mathematical modelling and real-world data analysis.
5) Familiarity with Linux/Unix, Python or MATLAB and C/C++, R/Splus or similar
6) Excellent verbal and written communication skills including delivering presentations and writing papers
7) Please send your application letter, CV and completed skills sheet to: gradrecruit@maninvestments.com

Closing date for applications is 30 July 2008.

Applications which do not include a completed skills sheet will not be considered. The skills sheet can be found at www.mangroupplc.com/documents/ahl_skills_sheet.doc.

Software Engineer

Grade: 5 or 6, depending on experience and qualification

EMBL site: EMBL-EBI Hinxton

Commencing date: August 2008

Job description: The EBI is Europe's leading provider of information services to biological researchers in academia and industry. An integral part of this service is the archiving of nucleotide sequences into the European Nucleotide Archive.

This service was pioneered by the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (EMBL-Bank) that has grown to contain more than 215 billion sequenced bases in early 2008.

We are currently establishing the European Trace Archive that will contain the short read sequences produced by next generation sequencing machines including Illumina and 454. This new resource is expected rapidly to outgrow EMBL-Bank and will become a critical infrastructure for the long term storage of these sequences for scientific and commercial users.

We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated C developer into the European Trace Archive team. The successful candidate is expected to program in the Linux environment and provide programs and a C API for the compression, storage and retrieval of trace data using the Staden io_lib package.

Tasks will include the implementation of a fully automated pipeline for the loading, mirroring and indexing of trace files. Provisionally, the candidate will also participate in the develfopment of sequence similarity search databases and tools based on De Bruijn graphs.

Qualifications and experience: The ideal applicant should hold a university degree in computer sciences or life sciences and have several years of experience in building C applications. A strong command of C is essential and previous experience with biological databases, next generation sequencing technologies and Perl or Java is desirable. Excellent communication and interpersonal as well as English skills are essential.

Contract: An initial contract of 3 years will be offered to the successful candidate. This can be renewed, depending on circumstances at the time of review.

Closing date: 29 July 2008

Web page: www.ebi.ac.uk
Fax: +49 6221 387555 E-mail: application@embl.de

CAT/Risk Modeller

I'm looking for an individual who has developed an early interest in the field of applied statistics for a risk modeling team responsible for modeling key extreme value events.

The team are responsible for creating both the models and software solutions to be able to allow the business to hedge it's risks around key portfolios and consist of MSc/PhD profiles across multiple quantitative disciplines.

Suitable candidates will ideally be educated to MSc/PhD level in the hydrology, meteorology, Civil/Structural Engineering or any discipline that leverages advanced statistical measures across natural disaster, seismic or related activities (Catastrophe modeling).

The ability to leverage your mathematical background is second only to your ability to use software programming methodologies across both statistical and object oriented approaches.

Awareness of the CAT and related market is not key although priority will be given to individuals whose research or commercial exposure has focused in this area. An excellent opportunity to join a small but expanding research team amongst like-minded colleagues. Sound like you? CVs in confidence to discuss further.

I have 3 positions looking for the exact same skill set

1 in London - EU citizens or HSMP applicants
1 in Bermuda or Switzerland - will sponsor work permit
1 in India - Indian nationals

Salaries are competitive for the region.

Contact: s.shah@atlas-fm.com

Technical Support

VAISALA LTD
Vaisala House
349 Bristol Road
Birmingham B5 7SW
United Kingdom
0121 683 1200

Technical Support role (Location: Birmingham)

Vaisala is the recognized world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of measurement equipment and solutions for meteorology, environmental sciences and traffic safety. Our products provide the data necessary for forecasting the weather, protecting the environment and improving safety for road, runway and rail users.

Vaisala Ltd is based near Birmingham University and currently employs 70 people. We are looking for customer focused individuals to operate our 24/7 'first call fix' Technical Support desk. These are customer facing roles and successful applicants will develop into technical experts supporting our software systems for highway authorities worldwide.

Internal training will develop your knowledge and skills but interests in computing, meteorology and the environment would support your application.

Applicants MUST hold a full UK driving license. Starting salary: 17.5k GBP. Other benefits include 20% shift allowance October to April, 10% Pension and annual Company Bonus Scheme.

Apply by CV and covering letter by email to:
Geoff Hart, HR Manager at geoff.hart@vaisala.com
Closing date 30th May 2007

Credit/Risk Analyst

Credit Analyst / Risk Analyst - Step up to Management

A talented Senior Credit Analyst is required by this well-known financial services company, undergoing significant growth. Having done your time as a credit analyst you will already be well versed in score card creation and be ready to take the next step as a "hands-on" team leader.

You will be involved in managing your team's personal development and training needs as well as ensuring they receive guidance in their technical work and that this meets agreed service levels.

You'll be continually looking at new ways to improve the models being used and revising the decision systems in use making revisions, where necessary. Working closely with marketing and other areas you will be instrumental in ensuring that revenue targets are met without compromising risk exposures.

The ideal candidate will have hands on experience building statistical models using standard multivariate techniques such as linear or logistic regression and time series analysis for forecasting. You must also be able to demonstrate that you have some supervisory experience and ideally direct staff management experience including appraising and coaching.

This role would suit someone with the people and technical skills to debut as a manager of people yet still interested in rolling your sleeves up as necessary. Suitable candidates should have upwards of 5 years financial services experience in a similar environment with hands on experience of using SAS. Call now to find out more as to how you can take the next step up in your career to management!

Location: South East

Salary: To £60k

To apply or for more information:

Call and / or send your CV to: sarah@corporate-recruiter.co.uk

Please quote: www.global-i-tech.co.uk
Ref Number: ref: MJ/ 1011/FG

Ocean Modelling Position

We are seeking a postdoctoral associate, starting September 2008, for studying phytoplankton growth and net community production from satellite ocean color data.

We aim to use Lagrangian modelling to combine satellite (MODIS) data with ocean circulation model fields. Computational modeling and analysis skills, as well as some knowledge of ocean physics and biogeochemistry are a plus.

This NASA-sponsored project is collaborative with the University of New Hampshire (Dr. Joseph Salisbury joe.salisbury@unh.edu) and provides 18 months of postdoctoral support. Please contact Amala Mahadevan (amala@bu.edu) if interested.

Post Doc Positions in Air Pollution

Please see attached advertisement for two research positions now available at our new Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (CCAPS), which is part of the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG).

http://www.nuigalway.ie/eci/

http://www.nuigalway.ie/c-caps/

Deadline for applications is 23rd May, 2008.

Computational Scientist for African Rainfall Project

The TAMSAT group in the University of Reading Department of Meteorology needs a computational scientist to develop software for provision of satellite-based rainfall data to organisations concerned with African food security and agriculture. The project is part of the European Commission Joint Research Council (JRC) funded MARS-FOOD initiative.

Background

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a project which aims to apply meteorological knowledge to improve food security in Africa. The main activity of the TAMSAT (Tropical Applications of Meteorology using SATellite data) group is the development of real-time, satellite-based rainfall monitoring for Africa.

TAMSAT, in partnership with a European consortium, has recently been awarded a contract to provide real-time information on African rainfall to the European Commission Joint Research Council (JRC) MARS-FOOD programme (see http://agrifish.jrc.it/marsfood/Default.htm for details of this programme).

The rainfall information will be used in food security bulletins and disseminated to African governments and NGO’s to provide timely information on potential drought and crop shortages. The purpose of the advertised post is to set up and maintain the system to provide the rainfall information to the JRC.

Main duties and responsibilities

Your role will be

• updating and upgrading the current operational software in line with the JRC requirements;
• maintaining the rainfall monitoring system and providing data to users at agreed time intervals;
• development of software tools for comparing the satellite estimates with raingauge data and for merging available raingauge data with the satellite product;
• providing support and training for users of the software developed within the project.

You will work closely with colleagues in JRC and other members of the consortium and will also be expected to liaise with relevant workers in African meteorological services and other agencies. Opportunities to travel to Africa to visit partner institutions at first hand may become available although this is not an essential part of the project.

Qualifications

You should have

• Good 1st degree in maths, computer science or physical science.
• Experience of programming to professional standards in C++ or similar language; knowledge of html and scripting languages is also desirable.
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively to a variety of audiences.
• Good mathematical skills - particularly ability in statistics is an advantage.

Terms and conditions

Starting salary £25,888.

The post is initially full time for two years, 0.75 full time equivalent for the following year and 0.5 full time equivalent for the next three years. However it is expected that further funding will become available to make the post full time for the whole 6 year period.

Further information

Further information and application forms are available from www.reading.ac.uk/jobs or from Human Resources, University of Reading , Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading RG6 6AH Tel +44 (0) 118 378 8771 (voicemail) Please quote reference number 0R08003

For an informal discussion please telephone David Grimes on +44(0)118 3786693.