Summary
Trading Assistant role directly supporting the Portfolio Manager and CFO of a Boutique NYC Hedge Fund!
Company Information:
Boutique Credit / Distressed Hedge Fund with $1 Billion in AUM!
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Provide trade entry and allocation across funds and strategies in accordance with firm compliance policy, managing orders and trade flow in a logical and risk controlled manner
- P&L reporting and attribution (i.e. indices and single name CDS, interest rate swaps, bonds, CDOs/CLOs, equities, equity derivatives, and loans among other products)
- Maintenance and development of controls around the P&L reporting process
- Monitor market activity and provide feedback to portfolio managers and support investment teams in terms of information flow and data requests
- Deal with day-to-day administrative issues related to trading activities and liaise with trading operations
- Ad-hoc projects including portfolio analysis and trade modelling for portfolio managers
Requirements / Qualifications:
- Experience at an Investment Bank, Fund Administrator and/or competing Buy-Side Fund with knowledge of derivative products preferred
- P&L experience, ideally within credit derivatives or other derivatives area and familiarity with trading and hedging strategies
- CDS/derivatives exposure
- Demonstrated interest in global capital markets, specifically with reference to fixed income products
- Advanced spreadsheet based skills, VBA and SQL experience a plus
- Bloomberg experience
- Team player with excellent communication skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn new products, processes and skills and take ownership of task completion
- Must be adaptable and comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment
