Senior Quantitative Analyst at Cargill in Hopkins, Minnesota

Job Description:

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 154 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive. 

JOB PURPOSE AND IMPACT

We seek a Senior Quantitative Analyst who will analyze business problems to be solved with automated systems. In this role, you will provide technical expertise to identify, evaluate and develop systems and procedures that are cost-effective and meet user requirements.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Translate and analyze variances from the project plan, research alternatives, and implement the preferred recommendations.


• Provide complex business model design and research services for product and system development.


• Work with the sales and marketing team to Analyze and interpret new business opportunities and investigate profitability


• Integrate a subset of complex process areas, including data, education and security across a limited subset of the organization.


• You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience


• Minimum of four years of related work experience


• Experience in derivatives or quantitative finance


• Demonstrated ability to engage in independent quantitative research and statistical analysis


• Experience with scripting and production programming languages

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Masters or PhD 


• Experience with Python and C#


• Willingness to move to Shanghai China after two years