Structured Products Trading - Analyst

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

To trade and risk manage the GELPs books in Toronto.

What will you do?

Quantitative Objectives

Trading

• Maximizing the capture and retention of sales credit and client value
• Timely pricing of sales requests
• Minimize unexplained PnL
• Keep PnL volatility under control
• Minimize discrepancies between desk PnL and daily financial reporting figures
• Consistent and frequent parameters update (volatility, dividends, correlation)
• Maintain reserves under control

Risk Management

• Ensure books are within GRM and Desk appointed limits while anticipating any over-limits by requesting pre-approval from both Management and GRM
• Recycle client business risks and do so internally when possible
• Ensure optimization of barrier management PnL
• Minimizing operational losses (due to trading actions)

Qualitative Objectives

Within GELP

• Ensure engagement and participation in working groups as needed
• Communication and workflow between sales and trading
• Improve day to day trading (spreadsheets, processes)
• Respect risk recycling GELP guidelines
• Work with the Quant and Technology teams to improve set-up
• Generate trade ideas for the Structuring team

Support Functions

• Highlight, escalate and resolve issues
• Follow up with Operations if and when needed

Control Functions

• Cooperation with GRM, Valuation, Product Control, Operational Risk
• Review and comply with Firm Policies applicable to your business activities (Volcker, restricted list, market rules, etc.)
• Proactively identify operation risk/control deficiencies in the business
• Escalate operational risk loss events, control deficiencies and risks that you identify to your line manager and the relevant risk and control functions on a timely basis

What you need to succeed?

• MBA or Undergraduate/Graduate degree in finance, economics, or mathematics and/or related trading
• CSC, CPH, Traders Training; Registered Trader exam and applicable US registration exams
• Solid understanding of equity markets, derivatives, fixed income, and structured products
• Self-driven, able to cope with a high-pressure work environment
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong team player
• Integrity
• Work Ethic
• Strong written and oral communication skills

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

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