Trader Assistant recruitment
The Equity Derivatives Group Exotics Middle Office supports a number of equity derivatives traders who primarily risk manage a variety of equity and hybrid derivates and structured products. The middle office includes the functions of Trader Assistant and Trade Management.
The role’s responsibilities will include:
- Trade capture and booking
- Intraday activity monitoring of trading books
- Trade event management
- Running and analyzing the mark to market of the portfolio
- Close liaison with traders and marketing.
The Trader Assistant acts as the primary contact with the front office and trading desk carrying out a series of business critical functions.
You will posess the following skills in order to complete this role:
- Extensive derivatives knowledge and experience and knowledge of securities products is required.
- Must be experienced with exotic equity or credit or interest rate derivatives knowledge
- Self-motivation and demonstration of initiative.
- Excellent Analytical skills
- Excellent oral and written communication /presentation skills
- Highly organised
- Extremely detail orientated
- Control orientated
- Keen to question everything and understand the detail behind the numbers and/or process
- Strong PC Skills. In particular Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access.