middle office job or quant analyst

[chuliu]

I am applying for this job:
Prepare position reports for FX, Money, Securities and Derivative Products.
Prepare profit and loss reports for FX, Money, Securities and Derivative Products.
Reconcile the positions and P/L between Front Office and Back Office.
Reconcile the Mark-to-Market figures between the booking entries with Derivative products system.
Maintain the existing macro and generate new macro if necessary.

which seems more like a back office job but the pay is comparable to that of an entry quant analyst or even higher.

Should I look for quant analyst jobs that deals with options pricing, var model instead?

A quant analyst job probably won't pay me as high as the middle office job as they are local security house and the back/middle office job is in an international known bank.

 

[cosine]

This job is back office.

Do you have an offer as quant analyst? You are talking like you have a choice. Or are you in the interview process? I would take the analyst job over anything else. Even though it might not be that much quant stuff, but more analysis/risk. Back office job in an 'international known bank' is only worth it if you wanna do back office all your life.

 

[Bambi]

always prefer front office over back office, whatever the wage difference, its not about current revenues its about future cash flow and LT careers