Exotic Equity Traders Assistant recruitment

My client, a globally leading tier 1 Investment Bank are looking for a bright analyst to join the Exotic Equity Derivatives Traders Assistant team, based on the trading floor.

The team provide a high level support to the Equity Funds Structured Markets (EFS) Trading and Sales desks and interface with our operational partners throughout the organisation.

Main Function:

To maintain the integrity of all activity in the trading books supported and to own the operational risk management of those books.

Main Duties:

Trade booking / amendment, position keeping and monitoring of p/l of both exotic OTC and Structured Note products with payoffs linked to the performance of equity, alternative investment and hybrid underlyings.
Lifecycle management of trading positions including accurate and timely capture of fixings.
Calculation capture of coupon payments and expiry payoffs, ensuring they are communicated effectively to our operational partners downstream.
Monitoring, booking and controlling corporate actions, including dividends.
Ownership of p/l break resolution, equity and cash fails, FOBO breaks.
Communicating issues and resolutions to / from Operations, Clients and Sales Trading staff
Maintenance of Market Data including dividend curves and index composition.
Assist with the delivery of our strategic projects including STP for the structured notes business and development of our automated lifecycle management tools as required.

Person Requirements:

Strong Exotic Equity derivative knowledge.
Equity Operations exposure.
Highly numerate with excellent analytical problem-solving ability.
Strong communication, written, and organisational skills.
Results orientated.
Able to build rapport with a driven and demanding front office.
Able to work under pressure, with the ability to prioritise tasks rapidly according to risk.
Confident and Enthusiastic personality to meet the demands of busy and dynamic trading floor .
Strong proficiency in advanced Excel or Visual Basic would be beneficial.