Associate/Vice President, Cross Asset Structured Products Trader

Job Description

We are seeking an Associate or Vice President to join the CFD And Structured Notes Desk as a trader. The Desk works with Global Markets sales and structuring teams to issue equity, rates, currency, credit, and commodity linked structured notes, then the Desk is responsible for daily risk management of these liabilities. The role will focus on risk management strategies and hedge execution, but has related responsibilities including note pricing, daily P&L prediction and explanation, improving risk and P&L tools, and management reporting and queries. The successful candidate will communicate and collaborate well in a team environment, working with other traders, as well as structuring, sales, quant, risk, and finance partners, to improve management of the portfolio and grow the business. An ideal candidate will have structuring or trading experience with structured notes or similar exotic derivatives, particularly equity or credit products.

Key Responsibilities

• Trade and manage risk across a portfolio of non‑linear products
• Monitor market dynamics, macro developments, and event risks impacting the portfolio
• Apply knowledge of products including market liquidity and volatility
• Execute transactions in accordance with established trading strategies, risk parameters, and procedures
• Perform pricing of large, complex trades
• Contribute to the formulation of strategies and initiatives, including risk and modeling aspects of product development
• Responsible for end of day marking and profit/loss estimation processes, as well as explaining variation between prior day profit/loss actual vs estimation
• Responsible for end of day risk estimation and coordination of risk management handoff to teammates in other regions, as well as explaining variation between prior day risk actual vs estimation
• Responsible for monitoring risk vs limits and proactively engaging risk partners on temporary and permanent limit changes
• Participate in risk and profit/loss reviews with internal and external stakeholders

Required Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience trading or supporting non‑linear products (Associate to VP level)
• Strong quantitative intuition; comfort working with pricing models and analytics
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure trading environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner cross‑functionally
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred Experience

• Direct trading or structuring experience in equities and other asset classes
• Understanding of these structured or exotic products, risks, and hedging techniques
• Familiarity with quantitative tools, pricing libraries, or trader‑driven analytics