Trading Job Description
Trading
provides quick tactical IT solutions for the cash trading desk using MS VBA in Excel as well as C++, Python and SQL where appropriate.
Trading Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Helping with on-going developments and research on our internal pricing and trading systems
Provides weekly trading and market reports internally and to the agencies, pricing and audience performance
Assist traders by disseminating research and market information
Collect or prepares information and briefing packages
Maintain and update firm's databases
Strictly adhere to compliance and operational risk controls in accordance with client and regulatory standards, policies and practices
Report control weaknesses, compliance breaches and operational loss events
Assist on presentations for senior management
Compile data for management
Review Profit & Loss for accuracy
Trading Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Trading
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CCVP, CFA, SOX, SEC, CMA, IFRS, FRM, QA, ITIL, ISTQB
Education for Trading
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the trading job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Education, Mathematics, Accounting, Computer Science, Graduate, Statistics
Skills for Trading
Desired skills for trading include:
Python
Data structures
SQL
Algorithms and design patterns
Options
FIX protocol
Excel
Object oriented programming
Financial markets
Pricing
Desired experience for trading includes:
Coordinating and booking travel
Pulling and distributing relevant research
Trading desk support
Answering phones, both broker wires and analyst lines
Working with counter-parties to confirm trades
Liaising with various departments within the Firm to ensure all traders are booked and priced correctly
Trading Examples
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Our company is looking to fill the role of trading. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for trading
- Other duties as assigned by Portfolio Managers
- Reviewing and monitoring intraday positions, P&L and risk
- Trade file processing and trade management with fund administrator and prime brokers
- Enriching trades and flagging items for traders and management to review
- Getting trade recaps and trade confirmations from dealers, assisting with deal documentation, and signing off on paper confirmations
- Reviewing position and P&L reconciliations and confirming flash P&L
- Reviewing FX exposure generated by Operations
- Undertake P&L report and attribution
- Complete intern program requirements including orientation, community service and presentations
- Shadow Trading or Trading Systems & Controls (TSAC) Specialists on daily activities
Qualifications for trading
- Learn the basics of fixed income or equity markets
- Utilize trading system software, where appropriate
- Provide support to our branch teams through service requests and phone calls
- Utilize Bloomberg, where appropriate
- Complete and present assigned project
- Identifies areas of risk and works proactively with Marketing, Content & Operation teams to mitigate those risks
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of trading. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for trading
- Deal with cargo and freight counter-parties, terminals and vessels on a regular basis regarding all post-deal activities ensuring all necessary operational information is passed on in good time and documentary requirements are met
- Make cargo and vessel nominations, prepare and send voyage orders and monitor progress of vessels
- Appoint independent inspectors, expeditors and ships agents
- Ensure that all Operational Information is entered into Trading systems (FED/DEX, RADAR, etc) in timely fashion and ensure that adequate records are kept to meet the company’s legal and fiscal obligations
- Ensure that any necessary financial security is in place
- Participate in out of hours coverage arrangements
- Liaise with charterers to ensure smooth operations, avoid supply disruption and minimize demurrage costs
- Managing the audience extension product and the campaigns that run on it
- Optimise campaigns to the benefit of the business and the client
- Attempt to fully deliver all DRX campaigns
Qualifications for trading
- Experience with of trading, trade support, operational support, derivatives documentation or middle office functions
- Pursuing applicable degree in Finance, Business or Economics
- Owns the quarterly planning packs and also communicates the quarterly trading targets to wider business, most importantly Content Scheduling & other TV Products marketing teams to secure support for Store activities
- Work closely with Commercial, Marketing & Strategy, Operations, Content & Finance to ensure all the teams are aligned on the revenue objectives
- Owns the relationship with Finance to ensure alignment on revenue & EBIT targets and delivery
- Leadership experience in the media sector, preferably home ents or transactional entertainment
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of trading. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for trading
- Make any set up or campaign recommendations to sales to achieve the clients or businesses desired campaign results
- Post campaign reporting and commentary
- Weekly revenue reports
- Source new issue and secondary bonds for investment
- Collaborate with other traders and research staff in developing and implementing a tactical strategy for existing holdings, new investments
- Report on and discuss markets, trends and developments and their impact on our portfolio in morning meetings, relative value discussions and in asset class reviews
- Work with trading/research teams on department presentations and asset class reviews and discussions within Investments' group
- Provides assistance to customers and service representatives by answering trading inquiries
- Maintain all Decision Support trading lists
- Process corporate actions, worthless security requests and trade corrections
Qualifications for trading
- Experience with cash bonds and synthetic CDs
- Bachelor’s degree and one year of relevant experience
- A Bachelor's Degree in any discipline or Polytechnic Diplomas in a relevant field with at least 3 years of working experience
- Prior knowledge and experience of trading operations will be an advantage
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with good stakeholder relationships
- Demonstrated knowledge of controls required in trading businesses
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of trading. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for trading
- Process information associated with clients account, research more complex issues to correct/minimize problems
- Process short sale locates, short sale buy ins, short sale reject and easy to borrow lists
- May be requested to partner with support and/or operations teams to perform requirement gathering or assisting in development of applications to improve accuracy and efficiency in the trading service environment
- Employee is responsible for maintaining her/his compliance with all applicable regulatory and Firm policies, procedures and guidelines
- Identify and target growth areas within the sales group’s portfolio
- Running day to day administrative systems and providing procedural support to the Trading Account Manager and Agency Investment Lead
- Maintains sales group revenue status records by agency in conjunction with and under the guidance of Trading Manager
- Coordinates and maintains sales group’s agency knowledge in respect of airtime trading, covering “Brands not Carried”, wins/losses Providing a monthly report to the Trading Account Manager and Agency Investment Lead
- Generates deal letters under the guidance of the Trading Manager summarising the terms of deal contracts
- Distributes deal letters to relevant agency sales team members
Qualifications for trading
- 2+ years of experience in Operations or Fixed Income Products
- Ability to multi-task and deliver results in tight deadlines with minimum supervision
- Highly adaptable, committed and self-motivated
- Proven attention to detail and quality work
- Strong commercial instinct
- Flexible and open thinker
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of trading. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for trading
- Become an expert in trade execution and ensure all associates are also highly skilled in this area
- Responsible for monitoring the progress of recurring and one-off trading processes
- Use creative thinking, technology, sound judgement, analytical, and problem-solving skills/knowledge to resolve issues escalated by trading associates or internal stakeholders
- Work with senior leadership and other internal teams to proactively identify and prioritize technology and key initiatives to further enhance our technology solutions, implement process improvements and strengthen the control environment
- Build relationships and communicate with internal clients, stakeholders, and key vendors
- Manage expectations for multiple projects including monitoring of key milestones, escalation/resolution of issues, influencing outcome of initiatives, and provide expert opinion of related matters
- Partner with Investments leadership on investments strategy, asset allocation and exposure management
- Source new issue and secondary bonds for investment and execute trades
- Support additional asset class trading responsibilities including back-up for other traders
- Training and mentoring Trading and Investments team members
Qualifications for trading
- Broad knowledge of products and applicable systems/applications
- Pro-active and independent worker
- Ability to prioritise and organise work
- Ability to work to numerous and frequent deadlines
- Ability to understand when to challenge and when to ask for support
- Ability to be able to work at a very detailed level whilst keeping a strategic overview