Senior Product Specialist - Market Linked Investments

New York, NY, United States

Senior Product Specialist - Market Linked Investments

New York, New York

Job Description:

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Job Description:

The Market-Linked Investments Structuring & Origination team (“the Team”) is cross-asset structured products unit responsible for originating, structuring, positioning and executing transactions for both retail and Ultra-High-Net-Worth (“UHNW”) clients based across the Americas. Focus on over-the-counter and securitized cross-asset products with embedded vanilla or light-exotic optionality on equity, commodities, currencies, interest rates and hybrid underlying assets. Total transacted notional outstanding over $11 billion generating more than US$250+ million in revenues per annum to the firm.

Responsibilities:

Facilitate the structuring, origination, positioning and execution of Structured Notes or Market-Linked Investments (Domestic and International) and OTC products including pricing of cross asset derivatives.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with Global Markets trading/structuring partners, third party issuers and hedge providers

• Partner to help drive modernization work of our MLI platform, helping to transform our origination process and FA experience

• Partner with internal sales specialists to optimize the adoption and distribution of products

• Interact with trading, internal sales and financial advisors on a daily basis to relay market color, research, and trading related information

• Identify research-driven trading ideas and market opportunities to drive business

• Liaise and interact with traders to facilitate transactions and provide competitive pricing for clients

• Manage secondary market of market-linked structures

• Liaise with key partners including members of legal, compliance, trading and research

• Proactively develop and maintain relationships with financial advisor

As part of their responsibilities, professionals on the Team develop research-driven strategic and tactical trading ideas; provide advice on portfolio hedging and positioning based on client’s objectives and risk tolerance; and engage in the structuring, origination, positioning and execution of OTC derivatives and/or Structured Notes/Market-Linked Investments.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of relevant work and analytical experience in the areas described above

• Ability to identify, prioritize and execute timely business tasks

• Multi-tasking and ability to work under pressure

• Strong marketing and presentation skills

• Ability to work as a team player in a dynamic, fast-paced and collaborative work environment

• FINRA registered representative with Series SIE, 7, required at time of hire.

• Excellent Bloomberg and MS Office skills

• Strong quantitative, analytical and communication skills.

• Candidate will be required to complete the NFA’s Swaps Proficiency

Desired Qualifications:

Advanced degree, MS, MBA and/or CFA preferred

FINRA licenses 63/66 and 79 (or ability to receive within 120 days from hire date)

Skills:

Analytical Thinking

Customer and Client Focus

Financial Forecasting and Modeling

Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

Risk Management

Causation Analysis

Client Management

Market Analysis

Product Marketing and Branding

Relationship Building

Negotiation

Networking

Presentation Skills

Product Management

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelors degree required

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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