Location: New York,NY, USA
The hire, working in a small/specialist team, will be Futures & Options SME for US investment desk / strategies - the hire will be the go-to-person / first point of escalation on F&O issues, discrepancies & breaks coming out of the firm's US investment teams + he/she will the first point of call for any operational questions directed towards them by PM's & Traders. Naturally, a role of this nature means that the hire will be heavily front office facing, dealing with industry leading PM's & traders from day one + the hire will have a close working relationship with the wider operations team & business managers / senior management.
The hire will have the opportunity to learn Python & SQL in the role - they are very useful skills for automation work, but more importantly to ‘talk the language' of the tech team who you will regularly project manage in building out operational infrastructure.
Candidates should have at least 3-7yrs operations / trade support experience in a hedge fund or IB + very strong futures and options experience. Strong project management skills / experience running automation projects are a requisite. Candidates should have some form of VBA, SQL or Python skills. A man excellent academic profile is expected + any industry qualifications advantageous.
The role is offering a large base salary component (the firm typically pays higher base salaries to support staff than any of its closest hedge fund competitors), a 50%+ bonus potential (the variable dependant on fund & individual performance) + a sign-on bonus to more than make up for any losses in moving at this time of the year. The fund also offers a world class benefit package.