Nordea
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Nordea
The Nordic idea of constantly improving. Nordea is the leading financial services group in the Nordics and the preferred choice for millions across the region. For 200 years, we have proudly served as a trusted financial partner for individuals, families and businesses - enabling dreams and aspiration for a greater good.
Working as a PhD at Nordea
Banks have employed PhDs for several decades, particularly in quantitative analyst (quant) roles. Today, PhDs at Nordea work across many functions throughout the organization, applying their analytical skills to solve complex problems.
To name a few examples:
- Quants in Nordea Markets and Nordea Asset Management, working with financial models for asset pricing, risk management, and portfolio management.
- Data scientists and machine learning engineers in various roles across the bank – banks have a lot of data.
- Risk management specialists working with regulatory models and stress testing.
- Model validation quants working on quality assurance of models used throughout Nordea.
- Software specialists working in our technology organization.
"As the leader of the model quant team in Nordea Markets, my PhD in mathematics from Aarhus University provides tremendous value in multiple ways. It forms a solid mathematical foundation for reading research papers and translating theory into practical financial models that can be implemented in our software libraries.
Beyond the technical aspects, my research experience has been useful in my leadership role. The skills I developed in thinking about research questions translate well to leading a team of specialists and planning our strategic direction." Jimi Truelsen, Head of Model Development, Nordea Markets