EY Financial Accounting Advisory Services FAAS 

United States, Texas, Houston 

460569847

Responsibilities

This role requires a combination of technical, financial, and quantitative knowledge, along with strong communication and presentation skills to deliver specialized work for our clients. You will be focused on the application of quantitative techniques to value complex commodity contracts and will often be required to present technical topics to non-technical audiences.

Key responsibilities include:

• Using a commercial industry perspective to advise clients on advanced practices, typical industry approaches, market behavior.
• Developing quantitative financial models for commodity contracts, including implementing market factor simulation techniques and a variety of stochastic and numerical methods
• Using and enhancing proprietary valuation models, including the selection of appropriate inputs and techniques
• Leveraging machine learning techniques and statistical programming packages to perform analysis on commodity instruments
• Presenting results, both internally and externally, including using modern data visualization tools
• Writing client reports describing work performed, considerations, recommendations and outcomes
• Problem solving under uncertainty to adapt existing approaches and analytics styles to new commodity and renewables markets and new client objectives
• Working across a team and independently with a highly adaptive, flexible approach to solving new problems

To qualify for this role you must have

• A bachelor’s degree and three years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and one year of related work experience in a quantitative discipline such as finance, mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, engineering, or economics
• Experience in at least one of R, Python, or VBA programming language and strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Familiarity with derivatives pricing models and computational finance
• Familiarity with market factor simulation techniques and a variety of stochastic and numerical method
• A strong work ethic, strong communications skills, and embrace new challenges and ideas with a solution-oriented mindset
• The flexibility and the willingness to travel occasionally
• Ability to complete an approved certification within 2 years of hiring

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience and a continuing strong interest in commodity markets and related financial instrument
• Ability to work within a given budget and schedule, and provide results in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team prioritizing multiple tasks, deadlines, and project stakeholders
• Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF)

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.