Wuzhu(zach) Yang
About Wuzhu(zach) Yang
Wuzhu (Zach) Yang is a Quantitative Risk Developer at Jefferies in New York, with a background in financial engineering and automation engineering.
Title: Quantitative Risk Developer
Wuzhu (Zach) Yang holds the title of Quantitative Risk Developer. He is currently associated with Jefferies, a role he has been serving in New York, New York, United States. His responsibilities include collaborating with various risk analytics teams to automate data processes and performing model validation tests.
Professional Experience at Jefferies
Zach Yang is currently working at Jefferies since 2021. In this role, he collaborates with multiple risk analytics teams including Credit, Equity, Fixed Income, and SIMM. He focuses on automating data processes for the Risk Capital/UAT Program and carries out model validation tests such as VaR backtesting and benchmarking for various product types.
Previous Roles in Financial Risk Analytics
Before his current role, Zach Yang worked at ALM Advisory Inc as a Quantitative Consultant Associate from 2020 to 2021 in New York, contributing to a range of financial analytics projects. He also served as a Quantitative Risk Analytics Intern at Jefferies in 2020 for 3 months in Jersey City, New Jersey, and as a Financial Representative Intern at Northwestern Mutual in 2019 in New York. In 2019, he also interned as a Quantitative Analyst at Quantel AI.
Engineering and Teaching Background
Zach Yang's career commenced with a role as an Electrical Engineer at China Huaneng Group from 2012 to 2018 in Jiyuan, Henan, China. Additionally, he worked as a Teaching Assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology in 2019, where he supported the educational development of students in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Educational Credentials
Zach Yang attained a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, where he studied from 2018 to 2020. Prior to this, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Automation Engineer Technology/Technician from Northeast Electric Power University from 2008 to 2012. His educational foundation has been instrumental in his expertise in financial risk analytics and engineering.