A top-tier $250+ billion institutional asset management firm in midtown Manhattan is currently looking to hire an Equity Trader with 2 - 4 years of equity trading experience within the asset management / hedge fund industry.
Equity Trader
Responsibilities:
- Execute equity trades to implement global investment strategies
- Interact with the Investment team on developing and improving trading strategies and provide feedback on changing market conditions
- Work with middle office / back office groups on any processing or settlements issues
- Contribute to analysis of trading costs with the Investment team and Risk departments
- Maintain data sets for use in the investment process and help to build new data sets
- Opportunity for expanded responsibilities on the trading and investment analysis aspects of the job
- Opportunity for expansion by the firm into new asset class product areas that could produce additional responsibilities
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Finance, Economics, Accounting or related fields preferred
- 2-4 years of equity trading experience within the asset management / hedge fund industry
- High levels of curiosity and interest in investment subjects
- Solid quantitative skills
- Proficiency with Excel/VBA and system applications strongly preferred
- Experience with Trade Order Management systems such as Bloomberg AIM preferred
- CFA charterholders or progress towards CFA designation a plus
- Series 3 or willingness to take the Series 3 and SWAP proficiency exam, other registration exams as may be necessary
