Summary
Seeking a Trading Assistant!
Company Information:
Our client is a credit asset manager managing $5 billion-plus AUM!
Job Description:
- The trading assistant can therefore expect to work in an operations role that includes trade capture, trade booking, and following up on settlement, and any ad-hoc queries. This role will also come with expectation to support the investment teams that sits amongst in the NY office, as well as the London office.
- The hire will be trained to take on securities lending and repo responsibilities. The hire will quickly be expected to manage stock loan execution (lending and borrowing), and as a result will be speaking to and facing off to the market.
- The hire will oversee the operations/back-office work that is done externally by multiple administrators and prime brokers. Given that the hire will be the main point of contact, the candidate will manage any issues, discrepancies, and queries that come through from both the administrators and prime brokerage teams that Operations directly interact with daily.
- The team also handle corporate actions that arise and will be responsible for liaising directly with the prime brokerage corporate action teams. The hire will also assist with managing the process with regards to submitting elections, as well as ensuring smooth processing.
- The hire will be responsible for managing the daily task of reconciliation between our funds versus the administrators.
Requirements / Qualifications:
- Strong academic profile.
- We are flexible on experience, either opting for a junior with 2-4 years of experience working in a support role for an investment bank or asset manager, or an individual working in a hedge fund operations analyst role looking for a new challenge.
- Any strong derivatives and bank debt product knowledge/experience as well as fixed income products is preferred.
- Personality fit is also key; this is a forward-facing role, and the individual will interact and work with all teams within the firm.
