Trading Assistant jobs in Ellicott City, MD

Department Description:

The Institutional Equity Division (IED) is a global leader in the origination, distribution and trading of equity, equity-linked and equity-derivative securities. The Firm’s equity Sales & Trading operations provide liquidity, distribute content, and create product solutions to help our clients generate alpha.

The Exotic Trading desk provides pricing and liquidity for equity exotic derivative products for clients across both retail (banks, distributors etc.) and institutions (Hedge Funds, Pension Funds, Insurance Companies etc.). Mandate includes a wide range of products and covers anything non-vanilla (swaps, structured notes, barriers, basket options, QIS, etc.) in OTC and securitized form.

Position Description:

Operational and execution-focused trading assistant supporting the New York equity exotics trading desk across various global asset classes and a wide variety of exotic payoff types.

- Assist in the execution and life cycle management of a variety of equity structured derivatives and exotic derivatives

- Work closely with internal colleagues in trading, operations, and control functions

- Manage operational queues and work to improve workflows to achieve a dual mandate of efficiency and accuracy

Skills Required:

- Extreme attention to detail

- Ability to multitask and work under pressure

- Critical thinking, ability to identify and solve weaknesses in existing workflows

- Desire and intention to climb a steep learning curve for expertise in the exotic product space

- Excellent communication skills and effectiveness working across teams

- Previous experience and good understanding of derivatives or equity products would be an advantage