Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Business Background
Equities is split into Cash and Equity Derivatives (EDG). EDG provides structuring and trading services on equity-based derivatives products to a broad range of clients. EDG is the primary risk manager of derivative transactions in the Equities division and trades both linear and non-linear products. EDG consists of Exotics, Flow, Corporate Derivatives, Delta One, Financing and Convertible Bonds desks. Cash Equities executes trades and markets research ideas to corporate, institutional and hedge fund clients, and offers worldwide execution capabilities across all exchanges and electronic networks. Trades are executed as Agency, Risk Free Principal and Principal,
offering both High Touch and Low Touch solutions.
The Prime business offers flexible financing to clients in either physical form or through synthetic products and with its ability to borrow and lend securities (stock loan) also allows clients to create short exposure. A further role of the Prime business is to provide the wider Equities and Prime businesses with both short term and long term secured funding.
Clearing is comprised of Futures & Options (F&O;), Over the Counter Clearing (OTC Clearing) and OTC Intermediation. F&O; provides Sales, Execution and Clearing services across fixed income, equity, foreign exchange and commodity asset classes. Clearing provides intermediation services to clients globally, including facilitating the clearing process.
Roles & Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the P&L; and Risk team are:
- Production, preparation and reporting of the daily P&L; and Risk
- Understand, produce and explain daily P&L; into constituent risk components; investigating any issues as needed
- Review with FO to obtain sign-off and for any ad hoc requests and queries. First point of contact for FO.
- Additional liaison with other middle office areas, back office, FVP and technology development groups and point of contact for downstream issues
- Liaison with accounting control group to help investigate any issues around daily monitoring and review of the general ledger to reported P&L; and month-end reporting and substantiation
- Manage projects and initiatives related to all of the above as well as larger cross-business programmes
Be an active part of the team, coming up with ideas and suggestions for improvements etc.
Essential Skills
- Bachelor’s degree; finance, accounting, statistics, or economics is a plus
- Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience
- Experiencing managing others and/or projects, in either a direct or indirect manner
- Derivatives or Securities experience including clear understanding of Greeks analysis. Equity Derivatives experience preferable
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills – ability to relay information in a concise and understanding manner
- Professional attitude, strong team player and personable / approachable manner
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively to tight deadlines
- Analytical and logical manner; good at problem solving and devising solutions
- Previous P&L; or risk within a derivatives or fixed income securities environment preferable
- Proven track record of delivering high quality results within tight deadlines; ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and process re-engineering skills
- Investigative mind-set, able to see issues at both a high level and in detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, experience with creating documentation
- Energetic self-starter who takes ownership
- Strong team player, comfortable working with all levels of the organization
- Strong technical skills in using Excel and PowerPoint
- Interest and ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Advantageous:
- Accounting / Control experience- a professional accounting qualification, e.g. ACA, CIMA
- CFA charter holder
