Trading Assistant

Job description:

We are looking to hire a Trading Assistant who will help to bridge the working relationship between the Portfolio Management Team and Execution Team. The successful candidate will:

Ensure trades are captured accurately by internal risk systems. Capture end of day risk and ensure trade blotter is clean and that all trades are booked.
Collaborate with operations team to ensure smooth settlement of all trades.
Aid in Portfolio management bookkeeping tasks to limit residual interest rate and FX risk.
Control the futures’ delivery process to ensure Portfolio Managers are trading the current, most liquid futures contracts.
Manage NDF fixing risk.
Aid with PnL reconciliation for Fixed Income, FX, and Interest Rate focused strategies.
Work in close integration with software development team to optimize Pharo’s start to finish trading processes.

Required Qualities and Skills:

0 – 3 years’ experience on a trading desk at an investment bank or buy-side firm.
Strong academic background with a demonstrated interest in international finance, mathematics, or macroeconomics.
Excellent verbal and oral communication skills.
Strong work ethic with a proclivity to self-start.
Quantitatively inclined with proficiency in the Microsoft Suite.
Capacity to grasp and learn new topics and concepts.