Derivatives Trader

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom CMC Markets Full time
Derivatives Trader Job Description

CMC Markets is seeking a skilled Derivatives Trader to join our trading team. This role will focus on executing hedging strategies in line with the firm's framework, requiring a deep understanding of market risk and managing a wide variety of instruments.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Trading role focused on hedging of Equity Derivatives.
  • Managing exposures (Spot, volatility etc.) across the global trading book.
  • Monitoring financial markets, assessing potential risks to the book, proactively hedging them and communicating those to the rest of the team.
  • Overseeing operational elements of the book and liaising closely with middle and back office to resolve any issues.
  • Proactively designing and implementing processes to improve efficiency within the Derivatives pillar.
  • Liaising with support functions (Finance, Risk, Regulatory) on position reporting, analysis and PnL evaluation.
  • Contributing to the creation of solutions and tools to support the trading function.
  • Follow closely market changes and ensure the adequacy of CMC's own hedging and inventory management strategies.
  • Work with client facing staff to effectively and appropriately promote the Derivatives desk's offering with its target audience.
  • Monitor client flow and positions and understand the drivers behind the inherited risk.
  • Work alongside Derivatives Quants to develop and back-test new risk management strategies.
  • Work with Derivatives Development team to improve automated tools to aid monitoring and alerting in relation to key trading metrics and provide quality assurance to system changes before their release to live environments
  • Adhere to compliance and company procedure.
  • Knowledge of Derivatives (Futures and Options) products and a thorough understanding of the infrastructure and procedures required to derive prices as well as the exposures embedded within those products.
  • Be a point of contact for other departments including Operations, Trading Applications Support, Business Intelligence, Customer Services and Sales

Requirements:

  • A graduate degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science or equivalent disciplines
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • From 1 to 3 years of experience as a Market Maker, Flow Trader or Quant/Algo Trader, preferably in Equity Derivatives.
  • Excellent knowledge of general financial products, including but not limited to futures and options
  • Strong experience with Excel, VBA and Python.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to multitask
  • Knowledge of Bloomberg information systems.

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