Trader

Posted:
9/30/2024, 6:37:15 AM

Location(s):
London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Finance & Banking

Our mission is to enable everyone to build wealth

We are reinventing how trading and investing work by creating exceptional products that people love.

Fostering a culture of excellence and high velocity is the key to our success.

Over the past few years, our client base has grown 20 times to over 3 million, and client assets have grown over 50 times to over €4 billion.

As part of the London Trading team, you will be responsible for performing trading duties in adherence to the firm’s order execution policy and procedures during the European, US and Asia trading sessions.

What you'll do:

  • Manage market risk exposures in adherence to the firm’s trading risk policy.

  • Monitor internal and external order executions to ensure smooth trade flows.

  • Review and analyze trading activity across all applicable asset classes. We have over 17,000 instruments, globally, including stocks, ETFs, futures and forex, all available as fractions.

  • Ensure accurate pricing of products and system performance.

  • Produce effective KPIs to review trading data.

  • Identify optimizations to system parameters to drive execution quality.

  • Work with internal stakeholders to develop business specifications for trading/risk tools and other feature enhancements.

  • Conduct ongoing Best Execution monitoring and produce monthly management information to present to internal committees.

  • Perform post-trade surveillance tasks.

What you need to have:

  • 1 - 3 years’ experience in a trading role - preferably with a focus in equities.

  • Demonstrable interest in financial markets and working knowledge of the online retail brokerage industry.

  • Comprehensive understanding of market practices and their regulatory requirements.

  • Minimum 2:1 degree within a relevant field, with a scientific or mathematical background, e.g. Engineering, Mathematics, Economics.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Highly numerate and analytical.

  • Driven attitude to work creatively and independently.

  • Ability to work under pressure and be adaptable.

  • Show high attention to detail.

What we offer:

  • Challenges that will help you grow and realise your potential fast.

  • Opportunity to make a big impact - you will build innovative services used to build wealth by millions of investors.

  • Work with smart, spirited, helpful, high-performing colleagues with a common goal.

  • An environment where nothing is set in stone.

  • Appreciation for your talent and ideas.

  • Generous remuneration package including annual bonuses.

Are you ready to accelerate your career with us? We'd love to hear from you!

We thank all applicants, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

All personal data of applicants is protected by the law and will be treated with strict confidentiality.