Trader - Derivatives

1 week ago

New York, United States Spark Talent HQ LLC Full time

About the job Trader - Derivatives

Trader - Derivatives

$150,000 Base Salary plus Discretionary Bonus

Reports to: Head of Trading/Co-Head of Derivatives Engine
Corporate Title: Vice President
Job Location: New York, NY

Candidate should come from the Sell-Side, with 2-5 years' experience. Familiar with Exotic Traders and operate globally. - Engineering background.

Our client, a global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets.

The Group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: Market Making, Clearing, Hedging and Investment Solutions and Agency and Execution. It has a major franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, executing around 50 million trades and clearing 205 million contracts in 2022. The Group provides access to the worlds major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers.

With more than 35 offices around the globe, and over 2300 dedicated people enabling access to exchanges and technology-powered services.

We are seeking an experienced, strategic, diligent, ambitious, and proactive individual, responsible for a portfolio of USA products. Senior/Intermediate level position with the ability to work autonomously, and also as part of a team and directly engage with clients. Commercial ability to maintain good relationship with clients and find new ones to bring flow.

Purpose of Role:

Our client has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights and analytics.

Responsibilities:

    • Work in close partnership with the Sales team and the Derivatives Engine to fulfill the requested revenues budget maximizing the profitability from the flows originated.
    • Manage efficiently the risks arising from the activity, in particular complying with the allocated risks limits.
    • Coordinate with the US sales team and steer the development of AGILE, our Proprietary web application to service our US based clients and secure revenues.
    • Work in cooperation with Quarant and IT team to improve the tools and the processes of the trading desk, including company proprietary pricing and risk management applications with the focus to adopt those tools to the US based business.
    • Collaborate with sales/broking functions to originate hedging solutions and structured transaction, with a cross product selling mindset.
    • Collaborate with central operations functions which support the trading role including but not limited to Operations and Technology.
    • Ensuring compliance with the company's regulatory requirements under the SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC and other applicable exchanges.
    • Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
    • Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
    • At all times complying with Company Code of Conduct
    • Carrying out regulatory activities under the company Financial and MSIL trading books
    • Liaising with clients in US; clients include banks, hedge funds, market makers, fund managers, institutional, trading houses and other trading boutiques.
    • To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility.
    • To report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required
    • To escalate risk events immediately
    • To provide input to risk management processes, as required.
Competencies
  • Excellent verbal written and communication skills.
  • A collaborative team player, that is approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment.
  • Demonstrates curiosity.
  • Ability to take a high level of responsibility.
  • Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others.
  • Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
  • Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness.
Skills and Experience
  • Proactive mindset in keeping up to date with market research and incorporating into role efficiently.
  • Analytical skills, identifying opportunities and risks in a quick and decisive manner.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the financial service markets and relevant regulatory requirements.
  • Substantial experience working in and knowledge of company USA product area.
  • Experience of the infrastructural support required to efficiently support company USA business lines.
  • Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
  • Experience in operating on electronic market making infrastructure.
  • Experience in risk managing of sales and derivatives portfolios.
  • Knowledge of the underlying products at the company within the Solutions USA remit

Our client is fully committed to eliminating unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity a varied workforce brings to the company. An equal opportunity employer, our client ensures all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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