QIS Trader

Within Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, the Global Markets Division brings together the Research, Investment and Risk Management Solutions, Execution and Clearing, Prime Services, Equities, Fixed Income, Futures and Currencies & Commodities structuring capabilities with the objective of providing investors with one integrated multi-asset market solutions team. The business uses an advisory and innovation mindset, focused on client needs, with a global leader in financial markets engineering. Global Markets is a leading player in derivatives, with unrivaled over the counter and listed derivatives expertise, as well as cross-asset and economic research.  Our prime services' offering is a unique combination of execution, clearing, custody and financing service.

As a Trader in the Investment Solutions Trading desk, with a focus on QIS and Rates Volatilites, you will be responsible for:

• Trading, Pricing, and Developing the QIS business and products
  • Design and develop QIS investment strategies that fulfill the needs of clients
  • Implement the associated pricing models and quotation methodology for the products
  • Design and execute hedging strategies to replicate the indices
  • Implement the required tools, systems, and infrastructure to enable proper monitoring, valuation, and risk analysis of the products
  • Negotiate pricing and terms with engineers and sales
  • Promote and market the strength and features of the indices to clients
  • Daily risk management of the market risks created from the product
  • Analyze and report the performance of our book’s revenue as well as the return on our indices for our clients.

• Transversal tasks/projects, Coordinator of the Trading Assistants:
  • Contribute to the development of the trading tools and processes for the FIC exotic trading team
  • Participate in transversal projects to support the trading team
  • Supervising VIEs and trainees (as trading assistants) of the Rates Exotic team

• Strong work ethic, highly accountable, self-motivated, hardworking, and results oriented=
• Able to work in high pressure environment with very short deadline
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player with a collaborative attitude
• Project management skills working on both strategic and tactical projects
• Understanding of the fixed-income market, especially rates derivatives and exotic options
• Sensitive to value, risk/reward, and return on investment. Always strives to optimize value extraction
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Basic knowledge of programming languages (Python, VBA, Javascript)
• General understanding of broker dealer operations and back-office trade flow
• Bachelor degree in Mathematics, Finance, Engineering, or Science
   

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

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COMPENSATION:
Base salary range does not include overtime pay, bonus and/or other benefits, where applicable. Actual base salary offer will vary based on skills and experience. The role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and includes a competitive benefits package including 401(k) plan with company match, medical/dental/vision, and other benefits for fertility, wellness, student loans and commuters.