Structurer

Your role

Your role:
Are you a problem solver? Do you like collaborating with traders, sales people and clients to deliver innovative investment strategies? Are you skilled at translating complex market information into actionable investment themes? De you like combining technical knowledge, coding experience and pitching skills to execute financial transactions? We're looking for someone like that to be an Equity Derivatives Structurer who is responsible for structuring, modeling and arranging innovative exotic payoffs and volatility solutions to institutional clients.
• Supports and interacts with senior members of the Americas Exotics and Risk Recycling Structuring Team on a deal-by-deal or project-by-project basis.
• Interacts with Exotics trading desks in the Americas and in EMEA to assess existing risks and opportunities and arrange innovative payoffs, often with a high level of complexity requiring substantial mathematical modeling of risk and return for the client and UBS.
• Structures custom volatility dispersion baskets and other tactical volatility trades by running selection processes, pricings and client pitches preparation.
• Interacts with Americas and EMEA flow derivatives clients through conference calls and meetings to explain, educate and pitch various trade ideas.
• Services flow derivatives clients with bespoke analysis, backtests and simulations.
• Use their strong coding and quantitative skills to build and enhance internal tools, analytics and screeners.
• Works with quants, trading and legal teams developing innovative payoffs within the equities volatility asset class.
• Use their strong analytical and quantitative skills to perform the risk/reward analysis of potential investments on a case-by-case basis
• Adhere to all applicable regulations and internal policies including relevant compliance policies
• Follow, adhere to and promote the UBS principles and behaviors acting with integrity, due skill, care and diligence at all times
• Ensure escalation and disclosure of any information of which applicable regulators would reasonably expect notice
• Observe proper standards of market conduct including paying due regard to interests of customers and treating them fairly where relevant

Your team

You’ll be working in the Americas Structuring team within Global Equity Derivatives in New York. We service institutional investors by delivering solutions to clients. We collaborate with Structured Trading to assess existing risks and structure derivatives solutions to recycle these risks. We also support the sales process of equity derivatives products including pitches, analysis, reports, and attending client meetings.
Your expertise:

• At least a bachelor's degree in finance, science, technology, engineering or mathematics
• In depth knowledge of equity derivatives and equity volatility exotic payoffs.
• Experience in coding in Python required. Knowledge of machine learning, data mining and AI an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Team spirited and looking to contribute and perform in a front office environment

Your expertise

• At least a bachelor's degree in finance, science, technology, engineering or mathematics
• In depth knowledge of equity derivatives and equity volatility exotic payoffs.
• Experience in coding in Python required. Knowledge of machine learning, data mining and AI an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Team spirited and looking to contribute and perform in a front office environment
• You’re curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment – validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.