EM FX Trader - Quant Tools, Hedging & Growth

SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Societe Generale is hiring for a Trading Desk role in New York focused on pricing and hedging EM and G-10 FX and Rate derivatives. You will collaborate with sales to build client franchise and contribute to risk-managed profitability.

The role emphasizes developing quantitative tools, managing the trading book, and implementing new workflows to increase principal trading capacity while serving domestic and international clients. A strong collaborative, high-integrity mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Must pass FINRA Series 7, Series 3 and Series 63 licensing after commencement of employment
• Minimum 2 years of experience at a financial institution on a trading desk that manages at least $20 million in customer commissions
• Highly collaborative – an open individual who can work successfully with multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams
• High achiever driven to exceed expectations, with the highest personal standards in regard to integrity and confidentiality
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships within a large organization and partner with other business heads

Responsibilities

• Engage in pricing and hedging of EM and G-10 FX & Rate derivatives.
• Work closely with the sales team to develop the client franchise.
• Help develop quantitative tools and models to optimize trading, reduce risk, market impact and increase profitability of trading algorithms.
• Manage trading book including taking positions in capital markets as well as identifying and exploiting trading opportunities and hedging the risk.
• Evaluate systematic versus specific risk and measuring portfolio concentration.
• Manage risk in US underlying (including pricing, hedging, unwinding and monitoring).
• Implement a new workflow on the Trading Desk in New York by introducing technology and trading models that will increase our Principal Trading capacity, minimize risk, and improve overall client service and allow rapid growth of our product offering (Agency, Algorithmic, Principal, Certificates, etc.) both domestic and international clients.
• Pricing non-US trades for US customers during US hours.
• Quantitative Analysis: designing tools that will help analyze client portfolios in order to expand our Portfolio services. This product will need to be designed and marketed along our other products with the local sales force.
• Pricing Hub: setting up a pricing hub in New York for all risk products (US underlying, non-US underlying)

Skills

FINRA licenses

Trading desk experience

Team collaboration

Integrity & confidentiality

Job description

Societe Generale is hiring for a Trading Desk role in New York focused on pricing and hedging EM and G-10 FX and Rate derivatives. You will collaborate with sales to build client franchise and contribute to risk-managed profitability.

The role emphasizes developing quantitative tools, managing the trading book, and implementing new workflows to increase principal trading capacity while serving domestic and international clients. A strong collaborative, high-integrity mindset is essential.