Electronic Trading Solutions (ETS), CDS Sales Specialist, Financial Solutions

Bloomberg L.P.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial information leader is seeking a CDS Electronic Trading Salesperson in London. You will manage and grow trading franchises across EMEA, building strong relationships with clients to enhance participation in electronic trading of CDS. Candidates should have a deep understanding of financial markets and at least 4 years of electronic trading experience. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to travel.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Electronic Trading experience.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and market structure impacts.
• Keen interest to learn about compliance aspects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow Electronic Trading franchises across EMEA.
• Increase client participation in e-trading of CDS.
• Collaborate with Account Managers on client needs.

Skills

Deep understanding of financial markets

Relationship building

Communication skills

Knowledge of electronic trading processes

Job description

Overview

Electronic Trading Solutions (ETS), CDS Sales Specialist, Financial Solutions

Location: London

Business Area: Sales and Client Service

Ref #: 10046336

Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, news and insight, and we use innovative technology to deliver trusted data and bring transparency to the financial markets. Our customers around the globe rely on us for the information and tools they need to make critical investment decisions and remain connected across all sides of the financial community. And, to ensure the best experience for our 20,000+ employees across 176 offices globally, we provide the spaces and systems that allow our teams to work together with agility, productivity and collaboration, no matter where they are.

The Bloomberg Financial Solutions department of 5,000+ employees is at the forefront of ensuring success for our customers and employees alike. Our team comprises several key pillars: sales, service, operations, culture and brand. As a department, we are united by a common goal: We create meaningful relationships with clients by understanding their needs and delivering exceptional end-to-end support from sales and implementation, through their ongoing relationship with Bloomberg.

Our Team

ETS unites all of Bloomberg’s cross-asset electronic trading platforms into one team, delivering trading solutions and analytics to both our Buyside and Sellside clients. Our solutions are an integral part of the Bloomberg network, allowing our clients to seamlessly stage, monitor, trade, clear, allocate and perform TCA all on one platform. In addition to capturing workflow, securing terminals, and growing our franchise market share, we offer many revenue-generating solutions that integrate with Bloomberg and non-Bloomberg OMS solutions, on both sides of the market.

What’s the role?

As the CDS [Credit Default Swaps] Electronic Trading Salesperson, you will be responsible for managing and growing our Electronic Trading franchises across EMEA, in both Indices and Single Names. You are expected to increase client participation and Bloomberg’s market share of e-trading of CDS. This is primarily accomplished by building deep, value-focused relationships with clients, and engaging with them on ways they can grow and advance their business, by partnering with Bloomberg for their Trading and Analytics needs.

All Salespeople are expected to work with our Account Managers on their book of clients, and to develop a deep understanding of the clients\' business, workflows, and Electronic Trading needs. With the goal of growing the participation from established firms, and onboarding new clients to our trading platforms, you will be driving impact for both ETS and the overall Enterprise Sales department. As the forefront of our ET client engagement, you will be expected to gather, organize, and share product feedback with other internal stakeholders such as Product and Sales Mgmt, to ensure we continue to deliver what the market requires for Bloomberg to become or remain the leading ET provider in all areas where we compete.

You will need to have:

• Deep understanding of financial markets, the electronic trading process, including STP, and OMS/EMS connectivity.
• Strong understanding and keen interest to learn relevant aspects of regulatory, market structure and compliance impacts to electronic trading.
• Knowledge of fixed-income electronic trading products and landscape, ideally in FI Derivatives space.
• Excellent presentation, relationship building and communication skills.
• The ability for regular travel.
• 4+ years of Electronic Trading experience.

If this sounds like you;

Apply if you think we're a good match! We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/trading/execution-management-system/#overview

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