Senior Professional, Markets strategy & Derivatives Structuring, Global Fund

PER; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

PER is seeking a senior finance professional to lead cross-asset market views and generate actionable investment ideas across FX, rates, commodities and equities.

You will develop implementation strategies for investment ideas, hedging solutions and risk governance, while communicating clear theses and practical recommendations to treasury leadership and senior management.

Qualifications

• Experience in cross-asset strategy and investment solutions within institutional settings.
• Proven ability to translate market views into portfolio or hedging recommendations with clear rationale.
• Strong grasp of derivatives (forwards, swaps, options) and risk/return assessment.

Responsibilities

• Markets strategy & financial solutions: develop independent market views and generate actionable investment ideas across macro themes and financial risks such as FX, rates, commodities and equities.
• Transaction structuring & execution: develop implementation strategies for approved investment ideas, portfolio recommendations and financial risk solutions.
• Financial risk solutions strategy & governance: contribute to the development and execution of the financial risk solutions strategy in line with business objectives and risk appetite.
• Stakeholder leadership & capability development: establish trusted relationships with treasury leadership, investment teams and business units, providing independent market perspectives and tailored financial solutions.
• Reporting: prepare concise market views, investment proposals and strategic recommendations for treasury leadership, investment teams and senior management, clearly articulating the underlying thesis, expected outcomes, key risks and proposed implementation approach.

Skills

Cross-asset strategy

Investment solutions

Derivatives structuring

Market views & analysis

Risk assessment

Job description

About our client

We are working with a leading global fund that has top-talent from across the world.

What the job involves

• Markets strategy & financial solutions: develop independent market views and generate actionable investment ideas across macroeconomic themes and financial risks such as FX, rates, commodities and equities, supported by fundamental analysis, quantitative tools and scenario analysis
• Transaction structuring & execution: develop implementation strategies for approved investment ideas, portfolio recommendations and financial risk solutions
• Financial risk solutions strategy & governance: contribute to the development and execution of the financial risk solutions strategy in line with business objectives and risk appetite
• Stakeholder leadership & capability development: establish trusted relationships with treasury leadership, investment teams and business units, providing independent market perspectives, actionable investment ideas and tailored financial solutions
• Reporting: prepare concise market views, investment proposals and strategic recommendations for treasury leadership, investment teams and senior management, clearly articulating the underlying thesis, expected outcomes, key risks and proposed implementation approach

Who we are looking for

• Experience in cross-asset strategy, investment solutions or derivatives structuring within a leading investment bank, asset manager, sovereign investor or other institutional investment organisation
• Experience developing portfolio hedging and tail-risk strategies within an asset manager, sovereign investor, pension fund or other institutional investment environment
• Demonstrated experience generating actionable investment ideas and developing independent market views across global financial markets, including areas such as FX, rates, commodities and equities
• Proven ability to translate market views into portfolio, investment, funding and hedging recommendations, supported by clear investment rationale and risk-reward assessment
• Experience identifying and evaluating directional, relative-value and cross-market opportunities across financial markets
• Experience structuring financial solutions and implementing transactions using instruments such as forwards, swaps, options and other derivatives, with the ability to transact where required
• Experience advising senior management and key stakeholders and communicating complex market views and recommendations in a clear, commercially relevant manner
• Experience using fundamental analysis, quantitative tools and scenario analysis to support investment idea generation and strategic decision-making
• Deep expertise in listed and OTC derivatives across rates, FX, commodities and equities, including their valuation, structuring, implementation and application within investment and hedging strategies