Job Description

The team is currently seeking an analyst to work as a member of the GOAS Portfolio Management team. The role in its core will involve managing risk for the discretionary option overlay business and helping further develop the platform. The candidate will be working closely with senior PMs and the rest of the team to manage risk and trade option based strategies but will also be involved in the ongoing development of the team’s offering and technological projects.

As an execution trader the candidate will contribute to the operational side of the business managing inflows, outflows, bookings as well as liaising with external brokers, generating trade ideas and market color. Furthermore, the candidate will be liaising with internal stakeholders such as technology, compliance and legal teams in order to appropriately specify requirements on a go-forward basis.

• Actively managing option portfolios alongside senior PMs: reviewing risk across mandates, following cross-asset markets and generating trade ideas.
• Executing and booking option trades across different markets: OTC, listed, Index and Single Stock.
• Manage relationships with internal teams (compliance, legal, operations, technology, sales) as well as external broker-dealers.
• Working on wide-ranging projects such as streamlining processes, improving the technological infrastructure but also on the development of new strategies to increase the discretionary offering.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 1 to 3 years of capital markets experience
• Strong interest in capital markets and more specifically equity derivatives and risk management.
• Good coding knowledge (excel VBA or other coding languages a plus)
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills and attention to detail.
• Academic background in a quantitative subject is preferred