This role sits within the Front Office and you will be working in a dynamic and busy environment.
Job responsibilities
- Supporting day to day client requests and needs.
- Understand drivers of relevant markets and establish a high degree of competence with clients around executing trades.
- Understands firm's approach and policies for managing risks in relevant business and applicable legal and regulatory rules and follows policies.
- Key products to work on: flow & exotic equity derivatives, Delta 1 products and QIS Investments across all asset classes
- Build foundation of trust with clients by demonstrating an understanding of their needs, clearly articulating desk ideas, and being responsive.
- Balance potentially competing needs across clients, internal partners and the firm.
- Assist with the post trade process by ensuring the accuracy of all entries and to ensure internal controls are followed.
- Conduct economic market research, develop relevant trade ideas
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Minimum of 3 years’ working experience in financial industries
- Entrepreneurial drive with strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Demonstrable proficiency with market and product lingo. Well versed in the quantitative nature and framework of own product (e.g., pricing, models, quantitative investment strategies / QIS etc).
- Demonstrates creativity in solving problems. Always looks for new ways of doing things.
- Understands the different types of risk and can discuss in detail ways of managing these risk.
- Thoroughly understands drivers of relevant markets and can explain and anticipate market movements.
- Ability to thrive on the challenge of competitive pressures and remain focused on client needs
- Ability to communicate concepts and ideas, both verbally and via documentation, and be able to defend their validity and target messages to different audiences.
- Ability to interact comfortably with business clients and management.
- Self-directed, highly motivated, and able to work independently
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field