Client Financing Strategist – Fixed Income Strategies Group – Vice President
The Fixed Income Division (FID) consists of Interest Rate, Currency, Credit, Securitized, and Municipal Securities products. Professionals in the Division assess and actively manage risk, trade securities, and structure and execute innovative transactions in fast‑paced global markets. The Commodities Division leads energy, metals, and agricultural product trading worldwide, trading both physical and derivative commodity risk.
What will you be doing?
The Client Financing Strats team focuses on three areas: developing pricing and risk models and systems to support client financing trading in products such as repo, bills, total return swaps, and bond forwards; implementing electronic trading algos for repo and bills, and driving system development; building data analytics that improve business operation efficiency.
Primary responsibilities
- Active improvement of GenAI‑powered strats and trading workflow
- Active development and production support of trading applications in a Python‑based data analytics library
- Active development and production support in a Scala‑based risk and P&L system
- Close collaboration with operations, middle office, and IT teams to improve existing Client Financing workflows
- Acquisition of in‑depth knowledge of repo markets to improve collateral allocation, funding, balance sheet management, and funding cost P&L attribution
- Establishment of a close relationship with Sales and Trading to identify PnL opportunities and propose and implement creative solutions for PnL generation
- Close collaboration with other Strats groups to consolidate resources and push for strategic business solutions
What we’re looking for
- Experience with GenAI tools and their application
- Strong technical skills in programming; Scala and Python are a plus
- Strong statistical/econometric skills and ability to analyze large datasets
- Experience in risk and P&L implementation and production support
- Experience in trading application development
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Statistics, Engineering, Physics or Computer Science
- Knowledge of Fixed Income products is a plus
- Strong communication skills (the role requires effective collaboration across a range of groups and regions)
- Ability to present complex issues clearly, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work thoughtfully, independently and manage multiple projects
Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements
If this role is deemed a Certified role, it may require the holder to maintain mandatory regulatory qualifications or meet internal company benchmarks.
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