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Product Specialist I

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.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop research-driven strategic and tactical trading ideas; provide advice on portfolio hedging and positioning based on client’s objectives and risk tolerance

• Engage in the structuring, origination, positioning and execution of OTC derivatives and/or Structured Notes/Market-Linked Investments.

• Facilitate the structuring, origination, positioning and execution of Structured Notes or Market-Linked Investments (Domestic and International)

• 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 advisors

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking

• Financial Forecasting and Modeling

• Presentation Skills

• Relationship Building

• Risk Management

• Causation Analysis

• Client Management

• Market Analysis

• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

• Product Marketing and Branding

• Business Analytics

• Data Visualization

• Networking

• Product Management

Qualifications:

• 2-5+ years of prior experience working in a structured products/OTC derivatives capacity.

• Experience with equity derivatives

• Strong quantitative, analytical and communication skills.

• Providing all aspects of the origination and structuring including preparing term sheets/prospectuses, marketing materials and presentations; pricing equity derivatives, executing transactions and coordinating the booking of transactions with relevant support departments.

• Organized, motivated and should have a general knowledge of global economies and financial markets.

• Will require FINRA registration with SIE, Series 7, 63/66 and 79 within 120 days of hire

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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