Portfolio Manager/Proprietary Trader
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Job Purpose and Impact
The Portfolio Manager/Proprietary Trader will drive profit generation through the financial trading group’s proprietary trading activities with a primary focus in emerging markets. In this role, you will actively trade and invest in the assigned high yield markets including foreign exchange, sovereign credit, or corporate credit and ensure desk profitability and pursue alpha generation through proprietary positioning. #LI-Hybrid #LI-AM4
Key Accountabilities
- Generate profits by trading the assigned high yield instruments including foreign exchange, equity, sovereign credit, or corporate credit, with primary focus in emerging markets.
- Book and accurately reflect positions and strategies traded.
- Execute all desk trades across different asset classes to ensure minimum slippage and execution errors and independently handle counterparty interactions and resolve transactional issues with them.
- Provide trade ideas and research information to other team members as well as identify new trading strategies that complement the portfolio and augment the desk profit and loss.
- Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Confirmed financial trading execution track record with consistent high risk return results in the afore mentioned markets.
- Previous years of related work experience
- Fluent English skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience trading FX and fixed income derivatives including CDS, CDX, options, swaps, and structured products.
- Proven quantitative analytical skills.
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