Data Acquisition Sales – Interest Rate Derivatives recruitment

The Company

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

Role

We are searching for highly motivated and enterprising individuals to join our Data Acquisition Sales group, working out of our Hong Kong office. Data Acquisition at Bloomberg is growing globally and we are looking for experienced professionals to help us expand our coverage of secondary market pricing research in both Developed and Emerging Markets.

In this role, you will be responsible for the direct acquisition of real-time OTC financial data (e.g. Fixed Income, Forex, Money Markets, Interest Rate Swaps Research). You will be managing accounts, be responsible for product development, work with our core Terminal Sales and Business groups to deliver new content to our users, and provide solutions to new and existing clients to publish their pricing research content. You will specifically be responsible for identifying and qualifying target lists of contributors and close their commitments for data contribution, building networks across departments internally and building communities amongst clients externally.

You will use your strong interpersonal skills and a strong penchant for financial knowledge in this client facing role.

Requirements

- Fluency in English Putonghua. Korean an advantage
- Solid knowledge of interest rate derivatives
- Proven experience of dealing with financial institutions or markets
- A proven 5 years track record in a proactive role which works to defined target objectives but requires independent drive to achieve these goals.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent communication skills with the necessary skills to provide maintenance for and develop new sales within existing client accounts.
- Understanding of operational and technical infrastructure of financial firms. Proven ability to identify new prospects and build lasting relationships.
- The willingness to travel to both Developed and Emerging Markets.

Please apply online at http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job31153.html