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Position Summary:

Examples of common transaction structures include physical trading, park and loans, term supply and/or offtake transactions, prepays, intermediations, OTC financial swaps and options, energy reserve securitizations, and asset management agreements.

In This Role, You Will:

• Be part of the Markets Division in Houston which encompasses trading, sales relationships, and client pricing
• Perform daily risk management duties for all aspects of the physical natural gas portfolio
• Exhibit strong analytical and quantitative skills. Be able to work well under pressure and be part of a global team
• Work with the wider commodities trading team to develop and implement trading and risk management strategies and compete for client business
• Help build analytical tools that improve our risk management capabilities and customer engagement
• Be able to build a franchise by fostering current customer relationships and onboarding new prospects

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in capital markets or industry experience within the specific sector of the position, or a combination of both

Desired Qualifications:

• 6+ years of physical natural gas trading, origination, and/or marketing experience
• Experience with trading physical commodities within the financial services industry
• Proven history of successful trading book management
• Knowledge and understanding of business development: business vision, strategies, and goals
• Strong, clear and concise written and oral communication skills
• Advanced analytical and numerical competency
• Experience building partnerships and consulting effectively with leadership
• Ability to make timely and independent judgment decisions while working in a fast-paced and results-driven environment

Job Expectations:

• This position is eligible for a discretionary bonus, restricted share rights, and other long-term incentive awards, which may be a significant component of the total compensation package
• This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to compliance with 17 CFR 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction/optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, and pricing models.

• Consult with traders or other financial industry personnel to determine need for new or improved analytical applications.

• Provide application and analytical support to researchers or traders on issues including valuations of data.

• Responsible for risk management and trading activities with limited direction from more senior staff.

• Manage workflow from front to back, including quotes, hedges, trades and downstream processes to minimize operational risks while optimizing market risk.

• Work closely with sales across varying time zones to get the ""right price"" to the ""right client"" given risk tolerance and balance sheet constraints.

• Generate replication strategies across asset classes and various equity index replications.

• Conduct profit and loss and risk reconciliation.

• Execute trades and hedging risks using market-making strategies for single stocks, ADRs, and ETF derivatives to facilitate workflow.

• Use Bloomberg to assess and hedge trading book risk and optimize profitability.

• Monitor and hedge FX and forward risk exposure, including stock borrow and dividends.

• Conduct securities market research to identify opportunities and dislocations.

• Assess macroeconomic risks in local and ADR markets to manage the trading book and provide market insights to clients.

• Execute trades and hedge risks using market-making strategies for single stocks, ADRs, and ETF derivatives to facilitate workflow.

• Use Bloomberg to assess and hedge trading book risk and optimize profitability.

• Monitor and hedge FX and forward risk exposure, including stock borrow and dividends.

• Conduct securities market research to identify opportunities and dislocations.

• Assess macroeconomic risks in local and ADR markets to manage the trading book and provide market insights to clients.

Required Skills & Experience

• Master's degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering (any), or related: and

• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation.

• Must have 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related quantitative occupation. Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Executing trades and hedging risks using market-making strategies for single stocks, ADRs, and ETF derivatives to facilitate workflow;

• Using Bloomberg to assess and hedge trading book risk and optimize profitability;

• Monitoring and hedging FX and forward risk exposure, including stock borrow and dividends;

• Conducting securities market research to identify opportunities and dislocations; and,

• Assessing macroeconomic risks in local and ADR markets to manage the trading book and provide market insights to clients.

• In the alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of progressively responsible experience.

If interested apply online ator email your resume toand reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate on specific client and deal teams.

• Focus on financial and statistical analysis, development of client presentation, and structuring and execution activities.

• Assume business development and product advisory and specialist responsibilities.

• Responsible for primary coverage for a broad base of clients trading domestic and international markets, including Quantitative Funds, ETF fund managers, Asset Managers and Event Driven funds.

• Work with Portfolio Managers and Traders to actively manage their daily trading needs, which includes providing market color, generating pre-trade and post-trade analysis, and coordinating trading instructions with local desks.

• Coordinate trading in global Emerging, Developed and Frontier markets with our internal trading desks, as well as local brokers and partners in the region.

• Provide transaction cost analysis reports and review with client in order to provide best possible execution performance.

• Discuss trading strategy with sales team and clients based in the Americas, Europe, and Asia in order to provide best execution outcome.

• Understand how global equity markets operate, including liquidity, market structure, and stock exchanges to make informed decisions and execute trades in an efficient way.

• Leverage algorithmic trading strategies including VWAP, TWAP and smart order routing when accessing different trading venues including NASDAQ and NYSE.

• Use trading systems including Bloomberg, EMSX and Fidessa for analytics, trading and order management.

• Perform quantitative and statistical analysis using Python, VBA and R to automate manual processes to optimize trade execution and monitor performance.

• Analyze the factors of slippage, market impact, and timing risk, and effectively implementing strategies to minimize negative effects on trade execution and overall performance.

• Analyze global equity index benchmarks, how these indices can change over time and how these changes can affect global equity flows.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Business Administration, or related: and

• 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation.

• Must include 4 years of experience in each of the following:

• Understanding how global equity markets operate, including liquidity, market structure, and stock exchanges to make informed decisions and execute trades in an efficient way;

• Leveraging algorithmic trading strategies including VWAP, TWAP and smart order routing when accessing different trading venues including NASDAQ and NYSE;

• Using trading systems including Bloomberg, EMSX and Fidessa for analytics, trading and order management;

• Performing quantitative and statistical analysis using Python, VBA and R to automate manual processes to optimize trade execution and monitor performance;

• Analyzing the factors of slippage, market impact, and timing risk, and effectively implementing strategies to minimize negative effects on trade execution and overall performance; and,

• Analyzing global equity index benchmarks, how these indices can change over time and how these changes can affect global equity flows.

• 10% domestic or international travel required, as necessary.

If interested apply online ator email your resume toand reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.

Responsibilities

• Work on risk management and trading activities with limited direction from more senior staff.

• Handle workflow from front to back, including quotes, hedges, trades, and downstream processes to minimize operational risks while optimizing market risk.

• Work closely with sales across varying time zones to get the ""right price"" to the ""right client"" given risk tolerance and balance sheet constraints.

• Generate replication strategies across asset classes.

• Conduct profit and loss and risk reconciliation.

• Handle EM risk including illiquid inventory of an ample variety of basis.

• Make market in liquid EM risks and illiquid structured products providing liquidity to clients.

• Understand global and EM idiosyncratic macroeconomic situations.

• Execute trades, manage risk, and provide pricing for Latin American interest rate swaps and local sovereign bonds, both nominal and inflation-linked, to maintain liquidity and support client needs.

• Manage risk in emerging market cross-currency basis, focusing on specific convertibility risks to ensure effective hedging and exposure mitigation.

• Mitigate cross-border risk and access local markets to optimize liquidity and enhance market opportunities.

• Originate, structure, and distribute macro–Emerging Markets products to meet client needs and capitalize on market opportunities.

Required Skills & Experience

• Master's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Statistics, and Finance or related: and

• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation.

• Must have 3 years in the job offered or a related Finance occupation. Must include three(3) years of experience in each of the following:

• Executing trades, managing risk, and providing pricing for Latin American interest rate swaps and local sovereign bonds, both nominal and inflation-linked, to maintain liquidity and support client needs;

• Managing risk in emerging market cross-currency basis, focusing on specific convertibility risks to ensure effective hedging and exposure mitigation;

• Mitigating cross-border risk and access local markets to optimize liquidity and enhance market opportunities; and,

• Originating, structuring, and distributing macro–Emerging Markets products to meet client needs and capitalize on market opportunities.

• In the alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of progressively responsible experience.

• 10% international and domestic travel required, as necessary.

If interested apply online ator email your resume toand reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.

As a Machine Learning Engineer within our platform operations team, you will be tasked with the design, construction, and maintenance of our AIOps solution. This role demands a profound knowledge of AI/ML technologies, IT infrastructure, and platform engineering.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications with integrated AI/ML capabilities with a key focus on AIOps.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements, translating them into technical solutions.
• Develop and implement software architecture and design patterns to ensure scalability and performance.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in one or more general-purpose programming languages: Python, Java, C, C++, Go.
• Implement and manage data pipelines to preprocess and transform data for AI/ML models.
• Integrate AI/ML models into software applications and ensure seamless deployment into production environments.
• Optimize software applications for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to junior developers.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in software engineering and AI/ML technologies.
• Ensure adherence to software development best practices, including agile and lean methodologies.
• Apply SRE principles to enhance system reliability, performance, and availability. Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and resolve issues.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience working with multiple technology teams in a matrixed organization.
• 7+ years of experience as a software developer with a focus on integrating AI/ML solutions.
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in developing and maintaining production-level code.
• Experience with application architecture and design patterns.
• Proficiency in working with large datasets and data preprocessing.
• Solid understanding of AI/ML algorithms and techniques, including deep learning and natural language processing.
• Familiarity with AI/ML libraries and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Keras.
• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure, for deploying and scaling software applications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Familiarity with DevOps practices for software deployment and monitoring.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, Linux/Unix environments, and tools like Terraform and Apache Kafka.
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks, such as Apache Spark.
• Experience in implementing SRE practices to improve system reliability and performance.

Job Summary

As an Associate in Sales Trading you will be responsible for developing and maintaining key client relationships and handle clients’ day-to-day execution needs across all execution channels.

Job Responsibilities

• Be effective in navigating a wide variety of equity related products across a broad range of institutional clients (asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, etc.)
• Bring a collaborative approach to working with business partners in Trading, Franchise Sales, Prime Finance and ECM to provide comprehensive client coverage across the platform.
• Generate investment ideas and provide clients with market insight

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Sales trader with 3+ years of experience in Equity markets with expertise in new technology focused on advancing execution efficiencies.
• Specific expertise in US and Latam equity trading
• Understand risk management and work closely with institutional client base.
• Established client relationships with key personnel at both trading and investor levels.
• Team oriented attitude, critical thinker and driver of trade concepts and themes for investor clients.