Discretionary Trader

Discretionary Trader£120,000 GBP+ £70000Onsite WORKINGLocation: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: PermanentMy client is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitativestrategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for our clients. They have deepexpertise in trading, technology and operations and attribute their success to rigorous scientific research. As a technologyand data-driven firm, they design and build their own cutting edge systems, from high performance trading platforms tolarge scale data analysis and compute farms.With offices around the globe, they emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning their investment, technology, andoperations teams functionally around the world. Building on their quantitative research platform and process-drivenapproach, they also runs discretionary strategies to take advantage of opportunities which cannot be traded fullysystematically.They are looking to hire recent graduates to join their Discretionary Trading team. As a Junior Discretionary Trader, youwill have the opportunity to work alongside senior discretionary traders, who will provide on the desk training andmentorship. Your goal will be to help maintain target portfolio positions by assisting the senior traders with daily portfoliomonitoring, maintenance, and hedging. As a collaborative organization, the discretionary traders work closely withquantitative researchers to leverage their world-class research platform to improve both discretionary and systematicstrategies. You will leverage and develop a broad range of skills including fundamental and macro analysis, research,portfolio construction, risk management and execution. They currently run discretionary strategies in Equities,Commodities, Rates/FX, and Credit including Volatility trading across all asset classes. If you have an interest in trading andwould like to learn how to manage your own risk over time, I encourage you to apply.Responsibilities:Collaborate with senior traders and quantitative researchers to structure and evaluate new trading opportunitiesGenerate PnL tracking and attribution reports based on trade ideasMonitor and analyze portfolio performance to generate risk reportsHedge books and allocate hedges appropriatelyExecute large or complex trades which cannot be automated due to complexity or liquidity constraintsQualifications:Recent, or soon to be graduate, with relevant course work, internship, or other applicable experience or knowledgeBachelor's degree in a quantitative or related field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Physics, Economics, FinanceStrong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with teammates globallyStrong sense of urgency with the ability to work well in a fast-paced environmentProgramming skills essential, with at least one major programming or scripting language, strong preference for Python.Reference: AMC/AHU/NW/QR006#alhuTPBN1_UKTJ