Electronic Sales Trader

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution in the City of Westminster is seeking a professional to join their electronic trading team. This role involves optimizing ETF and index program trades using advanced algorithms, collaborating across teams, and ensuring execution quality. Required qualifications include degree-level education and substantial equity market experience. The company offers a competitive benefits package and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Private pension plan

Generous 30 day holiday allowance

Private Health Insurance

Life Insurance scheme

Flexible working hours

Enhanced parental leave policies

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Several years' experience within the equity markets is essential.
• Proven ability to optimize ETF and index program trades.
• Strong commitment to compliance and ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Execute and optimize ETF and index program trades.
• Monitor and refine trading strategies using real-time data.
• Collaborate with quant, tech, and strategy teams to enhance trading logic.

Skills

Algorithmic trading

Market analysis

Team collaboration

Advanced IT skills

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

Bloomberg

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Join a growing and dynamic electronic trading team focused on algorithmic, ETF, Program and Index trading across global markets. Work alongside professionals, leveraging award-winning algo-rithms and trading analytics platform to deliver institutional clients high performance execution and coverage.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a collaborative and fast-paced trading desk environment whilst executing and optimizing ETF and index program trades using advanced algos
• Monitor and refine algorithmic trading strategies using real-time market data, and analyse execution quality through daily TCA and performance reviews
• Provide coverage and execution support for client-driven flow whilst driving improvements
• Collaborate with quant, tech, and strategy teams to enhance trading logic
• Maintain awareness of market microstructure and regulatory impacts and support pre- and post-trade analytics, including cost models and slippage

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent experience required
• Advanced IT skills, including all standard Office applications; Bloomberg
• Must have several years' experience within the equity markets
• Reliability (quality to address errors or oversights, fairness, straightforwardness, respectability)
• Encourage compliance, integrity and ethics within the business

Benefits

• Private pension plan - 10% of base salary contribution by Berenberg
• Generous 30 day holiday allowance
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Insurance scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling sessions related to mental health, financial well-being and other topics