Overview
Global Banking & Markets, STS Equity Trading Strat, Associates / VP. London
GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, comprised of individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.
OUR IMPACT
The Systematic Trading Strategies (STS) Group is a global team responsible for creating systematic quantitative strategies and indices for a wide range of clients. We develop sophisticated proprietary models and algorithms across different asset classes and geographical regions to ensure a powerful and consistent approach in designing and maintaining our strategies.
Responsibilities
- Deliver direct commercial impact through developing and improving systematic trading strategies and risk management.
- Gain exposure to various asset classes our clients transact in, with a focus on equity volatility.
- Connect with traders, salespeople, and multiple areas of strategists.
- Be challenged to think strategically, proposing new business designs, analytics, and/or solutions to meet traders’ needs. As you gain expertise in the dynamics of the trading business, you will have the opportunity to dive deeper into your areas of interest.
Qualifications
Skills & Experience We’re Looking For
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong academic background in a quantitative or technical discipline.
- Advanced object-oriented coding and software design skills.
- Knowledge of financial mathematics and a strong interest in financial markets.
- High standards for work quality, with a high level of rigor and discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working under pressure, managing multiple stakeholders, demonstrating initiative, and showing commercial impact.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in research or development of signals and systematic trading strategies.
- Knowledge of derivative pricing, preferably in the space of equity derivatives such as flow volatility.
- Experience in developing and supporting risk systems in the front office.
Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
Health Services
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
Child Care & Family Care
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.
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