DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Prepare presentation materials that share market research/color and participate in deal pitches. Support the day-to-day requests and needs of Equity Derivatives Volatility Arbitrage clients. Perform financial valuation and analysis for product modelling, conduct economic market research, and analyze for clients the drivers of relevant markets. Price and execute derivative trades, explaining complex derivatives and strategies. Build trust with clients, remaining responsive to client needs throughout the sale process, and clearly articulating new trade desk ideas. Leverage knowledge of applicable legal and regulatory rules as well as the firm's approach and policies for managing risks in relevant business. Balance potentially competing needs across clients, internal partners, and the firm. Assist with the post-trade process by ensuring the accuracy of all entries and that all internal controls are followed. This position requires up to 20% travel (domestic, and international to Europe) to visit various client sites and for internal meetings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree in Management, Finance, Business, or related field of study plus seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or as Sales/Mkt Officer, Equity Derivatives Sales Director/Associate, or related occupation. The employer will alternatively accept a Bachelor's degree in Management, Finance, Business, or related field of study plus ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or as Sales/Mkt Officer, Equity Derivatives Sales Director/Associate, or related occupation.

Skills Required: This position requires seven (7) years of experience with the following skills: marketing and executing QIS products and complex volatility trades; pricing vanilla and light exotics; discussing modeling including Black-Scholes, local volatility, and stochastic volatility; liaising with controls team for derivatives deal review, credit overshoot, or settlement breaks; trade idea generation for sophisticated client mandates; listed and OTC equity derivatives including options, variance swaps, volatility swaps, Delta One swaps, structured products, and their relevant Greeks; volatility strategies and market participants including relative value, dispersions, correlations, convexity harvesting, and interpreting volatility surface, skew dynamics, term structure, and dislocations; managing senior client relationships including broker review, strategic partnership, and escalations; and managing client order flow under pressure while ensuring pricing accuracy and speed. This position requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills: using advanced functionalities of Bloomberg Terminal and Microsoft Excel; and coordinating with other stakeholders including structuring, trading, compliance, and legal to perform product development and to execute strategic trades in corporate derivatives and risk recycling. This position requires regulatory knowledge of the following: Dodd-Frank; Reg K; 871m; NCMR; and exchange rules.

Job Location: 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017. This position requires up to 20% travel (domestic, and international to Europe) to visit various client sites and for internal meetings.

Full-Time. Salary: $325,000.00-$350,000.00 per year.