Trader recruitment
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assists senior managers with major accounts or funds.
• Work with all aspects of modeling for new strategies.
• Responsible for derivative products trading and research responsibility.
• Managing and understanding the various risks of positions and trades.
• Provides portfolio managers with ongoing information about market sentiment, trading environment , trading volume, and price volatility.
• Work closely with colleagues and IT specialist to improve trading technologies.
Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.
Job Requirements:
• Master in Statistics/Physics/Mathematics/Computer Science.
• The ideal candidate will possess 6 years experience as an Equity derivatives trader with an emphasis in structured products or light exotics products.
• The candidate should have been exposed to trading equity indices and have a strong quantitative background.
• Strong product knowledge in; US/European/Asia Equity Index Options (Listed and OTC), variance swaps and ETF/ETN
• Candidate should have programming skills in Matlab, database, or any other programming languages or applications
• Able to work in a time-pressured and dynamic environment with a high degree of accuracy, while maintaining focus and concentration.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact effectively at all levels and across all departments.