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Putnam Investment Management LLC seeks a Quantitative Derivative Specialist in Boston, MA.

Research and develop pricing and analytics models for existing and new asset classes and securities.

Requires Master's degree in Financial Engineering, Computational Finance, or a directly related field and five (5) years of experience as a Quantitative Analyst, Financial Engineer, Actuary, or related occupation researching and developing quantitative pricing models for plain vanilla and exotic derivatives.

Prior experience must include the below skills/tools:

Five (5) years of experience:

• Project Leadership;

• Developing financial models;

• Black-Scholes pricing equations and underlying theory;

• SQL or similar database query language;

Three (3) years of experience:

• Working with Bloomberg terminal or API;

• Fixed Income derivative valuation modeling;

• Discount rate-curve construction; and

• Programming in Financial modelling languages including Matlab or R.

Two (2) years of experience programming in Python, MATLAB, Excel/VBA, or Java.

**Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies.**.

Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards-monetary and non-monetary-designed to support the whole person and to recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, other compensation is offered such as a discretionary bonus, 401k plan, health insurance, and other perks. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation.

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In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of -the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.

Highlights of our benefits include:

• Three weeks paid time off the first year

• Medical, dental and vision insurance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 85% company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits

• Employee Stock Investment Program

• Tuition Assistance Program

• Purchase of company funds with no sales charge

• Onsite fitness center and recreation center

• Onsite cafeteria

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