Relevant candidates must also be able to showcase experience in a similar Traders Assistant role, ideally from a buyside firm, but they might consider those from the sell side.

You will have strong Derivatives knowledge, especially if complex products or Fixed Income focussed, and wide-reaching knowledge of P&L / Product Control / Blotter Management / technical Middle Office & Risk type work. They would particularly like to identify someone with strong Rates / Structured rates knowledge coming from a Front Office environment.  

Daily blotter management, booking transactions into our systems and understanding the risks and pricing of exotic products

Typical Daily Duties may consist of:

• Ensuring accuracy of new trade live P&L & risk, and producing daily close P&L reporting
• Managing and processing expiries/fixings/futures rolls –presenting the pre-and-post associated Risk/P&L changes
• Providing first line of support to the Investment Officers and Portfolio Traders
• Acquiring SME knowledge to help drive process enhancements
• Monitoring offsetting transactions and collapsing accordingly (ISDA protocols)
• Resolving administrator and counterparty queries