Support day-to-day operations of Cash Equities and ETF trading desks across EMEA/UK. Monitor risk limits, resolve operational issues, support client onboarding, invoicing, regulatory compliance (MiFID), audits, controls, and governance forums while liaising with IT, Risk, Finance, Legal, Compliance and Sales & Trading.
Position Description
As an Associate, Business Management, Institutional Equities you will be supporting the High and Low touch trading desks for Cash Equities in EMEA as well as the ETF business and Facilitation desk in UK. You will be particularly focused on the day-to-day operations of the Trading business to ensure our business is operating in a responsible and efficient manner. The function involves constant liaison with, and often provides the link between, trading and IT, Risk Management, Operations, Finance, Legal and Compliance, as well as working closely with Sales & Trading team members.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Assisting the day-to-day activities of the Cash Equites trading business to ensure its smooth and efficient operation
- Monitoring credit and market risk limit utilisation and keeping Trading management updated on any issues. Ensure periodic reviews are completed in line with local and group requirements
- Resolving operational issues and actions in relation to the Risk and Control environment
- Providing support to the client onboarding process
- Driving enhancement of controls globally
- Providing support to Trading management in preparation for business updates, supervisory reviews, desk procedures, etc.
- Providing input into Audits, Monitoring & Testing Reviews, Risk Control Self Assessments, BCP exercises
- Partner with Legal, Compliance, Tax and other support functions to ensure the business is continuously operating in regulatory compliant manner
- Contribute to or lead the governance forums including management committees, risk and control committees
- Completion of invoicing requirements linked to the Institutional Equities trading business in EMEA
- Provide guidance on MiFID regulatory to the execution desk and support departments
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree required
- At least 3 years’ experience in equities, with strong knowledge of Cash Equities across both high-touch and low-touch trading environments.
- Solid equities expertise, ideally covering Cash Equities trading (high-touch and low-touch), with additional knowledge of ETFs.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and operate under pressure
- Excellent attention to detail
- Team player/leader with strong communication skills to decompose and explain complex issues to all audience levels
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Fluent in both written and spoken English
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