Sales Trading Assistant Trade Booking & Onboarding

Optiver; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial trading firm in London is seeking a Trade Support Specialist to manage block trade bookings and onboarding processes for commodities and FX. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and experience in financial markets, with opportunities for continuous learning and career growth. Join a dynamic and diverse team committed to improving market efficiency.

Benefits

Performance-based bonus structure

27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays

Daily breakfast and lunch

Private medical insurance and pension scheme

Training opportunities including tech events

International transfer opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in a trade support or onboarding position in financial markets.
• Knowledge of commodities and/or OTC FX is desirable.
• Ability to learn and apply technical tools to automate processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform timely counterpart block trade bookings for commodities and FX.
• Onboard new trading counterparties with thorough KYC and due diligence.
• Work closely with traders to ensure a smooth post-trade process.

Skills

Sales Experience

Time Management

Data Entry

Customer Service

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Computer Literacy

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Excel

Administrative Experience

Sales Support

Education

Bachelors degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel VBA

Python

SQL

Job description

What Youll Do :

• Perform counterpart block trade bookings in a timely manner; mainly listed commodities options with some CME rates / index / FX trades too.
• Work closely with commodities traders to understand Optivers trading workflows and ensure smooth post trade process with direct counterparts including trade confirms and account settlement.
• Onboard new trading counterparties for both direct trading and broker relationships. This involves thorough client due diligence (KYC AML) via collection and processing.
• Acting as primary point of contact during the onboarding phase interfacing with internal sales legal compliance and technology teams to ensure smooth process. Also interacting with external relationships to ensure they fulfill their side.
• Reporting and tracking progress of all onboarding plus trade reporting issues.
• Develop fluency with existing internal systems exchange booking interfaces and procedures with an aim to proactively improve them;
• Identify opportunities to intelligently automate while maintaining firm human control;
• Work in tandem with back office engineering to ensure the health and stability of the processes and systems.
• Identify solve and implement solutions to problems that block the expansion of our business. Involves working with trading sales corporate strategy and dev teams.
• Become expert in salesforce to help run data on the sales business and overseeing the onboarding process that goes through it.

Who You Are :

• Bachelors degree or equivalent;
• Experience working in a trade support / trading or sales desk assistant / middle office / onboarding position or within onboarding function within financial markets.
• Experience working within commodities and / or OTC FX. Knowledge of OTC FXPB 4-way agreements is desirable.
• Ability to automate and improve processes by learning and applying technical tools such as Excel VBA Python or SQL is an advantage.
• Comfortable working with traders directly in a fast paced environment;
• Strong attention to detail and ability to communicate;
• Competitive attitude and eagerness to constantly improve. Ability to proactively identify both technical and operational deficiencies;
• Experience working with commodities and / or Options products is an advantage
• Ability to learn rules and regulations governing US futures exchanges and OTC FX trading across multiple jurisdictions.
• Understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks that govern onboarding and trading relationships.

Who We Are :

At Optiver our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity providing accurate pricing increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions we are a trusted partner of 70 exchanges across the globe.

What Youll Get :

Optivers London office is the location of our foreign exchange trading business and a growing hub for our commodity trading business. You will be part of a well-established and high performing global firm whilst experiencing the excitement that comes from a growing operation. As our London operations grows there is a real opportunity to make a huge impact and take us and your career to a new level. We offer a supportive environment for you to perform at your best.

In addition youll receive :

• A performance-based bonus structure enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.
• 27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays.
• Daily breakfast and lunch along with support on commuting expenses.
• Private medical insurance pension scheme and ClassPass fitness membership.
• Training and continuous learning opportunities including access to conferences and tech events.
• International transfer opportunities for global career growth.

How To Apply :

Are you interested in furthering your career in our rapidly-expanding office in the heart of London

Apply directly via the form below and please provide us with a CV in English. When we think there is a potential match you will hear from us sooner than you expect. If you have any additional questions please feel free to reach out to .

Please note :

• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
• We cannot accept applications via email

Diversity Statement :

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Key Skills

• Sales Experience
• Time Management
• Data Entry
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Computer Literacy
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Furniture Sales
• Microsoft Excel
• Administrative Experience
• Sales Support

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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