Senior Trader

FENIX FUND MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Singapore is seeking a trader to manage financial products across various markets using advanced technology. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and strong analytical skills. Responsibilities include trading, strategizing, and collaborating with experts in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Financial experience is a plus, but not required.
• Competitive, outgoing, and fast decision-making skills under pressure.
• Critical and independent thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Price and trade financial products across various markets.
• Manage positions and formulate innovative trading strategies.
• Continuously analyse the risk of positions.
• Collaborate with other traders, developers, and technologists.

Skills

Excellent numerical/analytical skills

Affinity for trading and global financial markets

Practical Python programming experience

Superior knowledge of Excel

Clear communication skills in English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering

Job description

Summary / Purpose of Position:

Trade a broad range of financial products on multiple exchanges using internally developed trading models and state-of-the-art low latency technology. Research and develop new trading strategies to capitalize on anomalies in the market.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities for this Position:

- Price and trade financial products across various markets and asset classes, including

futures, equities, ETFs, FX, and cryptocurrencies

- Manage positions and formulate innovative trading strategies

- Continuously analyse the risk of positions

- Collaborate with other world-class traders, developers, and technologists to improve the

firm’s trading methods and models

- Understand relevant regulatory frameworks across markets that the firm trades

Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge Required:

- Excellent numerical/analytical skills and affinity for trading and global financial markets

- Financial experience is a plus, but not required

- Bachelor’s degree, ideally in Business, Economics, Finance, or other quantitative majors

such as Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering

- Practical Python programming experience and superior knowledge of Excel

- Competitive, outgoing, and fast decision-making skills under pressure

- Critical and independent thinking skills

- Logical problem solver with the ability to quickly understand new, complex concepts

- Pragmatic self-starter with a flexible can-do mentality

- Clear communication skills in English