Our client attracts the very best & brightest talent. They are passionate about making a difference, specifically within the investment sector. They encourage innovation and because they are an award-winning Boutique Asset Manager, there is no space for thinking in-the-box. This organisation is hiring a Trading Desk Assistant with exceptional analytical skills and an interest in coding, tech, high finance and financial models.
Educational Requirements:
- BSc/BCom Degree in IT/Statistics/Accounting/Maths/Actuarial Science or Financial Markets-orientated Degree.
- Honours or Masters post-graduate qualification advantageous.
- Exposure to coding: Go/Python and/or SQL advantageous. Alternatively must demonstrate an aptitude for and interest in coding.
- Advanced Excel.
Experience Required:
- Graduate level is acceptable.
- Experience in coding is advantageous alternatively a demonstrable interest and aptitude for coding.
- Preferable: exposure to working with Go, Python, SQL or other code.
Personal Attributes and Skills:
- Be meticulous and pay high attention to detail.
- Demonstrate an aptitude for and interest in coding.
- Be accurate.
- Be diligent.
- Highly numerate.
- Be flexible and adaptable.
- Have a mature personality.
- Have good organizational and administrative skills.
- Have good communication skills.
- Be able to work to deadlines.
- Be able to handle competing pressures to ensure that executions are both timeous as well as within statutory and regulatory guidelines.
- Be prepared to trade in a global market in terms of shifts with team, in order to facilitate trades in Asia and US time zones.
Purpose of role:
The Trading Desk Assistant participates in all trading, allocation, and settlement-related issues. In addition, this role will offer support to all backend operational processes to support the pricing and implementation department.
This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Having a thorough working knowledge of all trading software (Bloomberg) components and be responsible for managing access to these software programs.
- Completing stock pick requests according to procedures.
- Participating in the compilation and preparation of information required for Across-the-Board, and all fund trading.
- Executing all stock, bond, derivative and mutual fund trade orders in accordance with compliant guidelines.
- Preparing and transmitting all trade allocations for individual client accounts and the Funds in accordance with compliant guidelines.
- Reconciling all block trades, individual client trades, and trades for the Funds.
- Compiling and computing performance calculations for the Company’s model portfolio(s) on a weekly basis in accordance with compliant guidelines.
- Providing accurate information for reporting purposes.
- Assist with the daily task tracking activities to support the client administrative activities for planning and implementation.
- Participate in special projects as needed.
- Researching Fixed Income Instruments in order to achieve enhanced yield and to determine whether such instruments are suitable for company Portfolios.
- Ensuring compliance with company investment policy, statutory restrictions and company procedures; client service level agreements and internal controls.
- Facilitation of trades in Asia and US time zones.
- Developing financial models.
- Developing and coding intelligent automated backend systems with support of AI team.
Job Requirements:
In order to perform these duties well, this position requires an individual who is extremely detail oriented and can work well under pressure. This position also requires the ability to handle several tasks simultaneously. The role would be responsible for global and local fund trades, so hours are extensive as the position would require trading across multiple time zones. Candidate must show extreme personal responsibility, analytical ability and be proactive in the completion of their responsibilities.
