MBS Trader

Perseus Group; Chevy Chase (MD); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Job summary

Perseus Group is seeking a MBS Trader in Chevy Chase, MD to join a hybrid team requiring 2 days in the office. The role involves supporting hedge strategies, executing trades in TBAs and related securities, and delivering analytics across mortgage risk and valuation.

The ideal candidate will have 0–3+ years in fixed income mortgage trading or risk management, with strong quantitative skills and excellent communication abilities. Competitive salary and full benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience.
• 0–3+ years of fixed income mortgage trading, portfolio, or risk management experience.
• Strong quantitative skills with solid grounding in math and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Support Hedge Account Management Team in evaluating, defining, and executing hedge strategies and risk analytics.
• Execute hedge trades on behalf of clients using forward-traded TBA and other market instruments.
• Assist with mortgage valuation analytics, report development, testing, and feedback.
• Monitor risk positions in the mortgage pipeline and alert on policy-limit exceptions.
• Maintain relationships with Broker/Dealer community and mortgage bankers to expand credit availability.

Skills

Fixed income trading

Hedge strategies

Risk management

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

TBA trading

Trading systems

Job description

MBS Trader (Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office | Chevy Chase, MD)

We are offering a salary of $60,000–$70,000 USD for this position.

Overview

Optimal Blue is a leading provider of innovative secondary market solutions and actionable data services that deliver integrated solutions to transform the mortgage and capital market industries.

Responsibilities

• Support the Hedge Account Management Team as it evaluates, defines, and executes hedge strategies, derivation of risk management analytics and historical data.
• Execute hedge trades on behalf of clients, typically using forward-traded TBA or other market instruments, and trading loans on behalf of clients, using bulk, cash, co-issue, and other common or specialty executions.
• Work directly with Hedge Account Management Team to implement new tools, troubleshoot existing setups, and other ad hoc analysis.
• Heavy emphasis on supporting the overall trade desk with trading TBA and Specified Pool Securities.
• Responsible for assisting with mortgage valuation analytics, report development, testing, and feedback.
• Assist with monitoring risk positions in the mortgage pipeline and/or servicing asset intraday and alert the appropriate account management team of any exceptions to policy limits.
• Provide Hedge Account Management Team support with monitoring and reporting performance of hedged positions as interest rates change and compare with predicted value changes.
• Explain any material deviations from projections through attribution analysis.
• Support the Hedge Account Management Team in maintaining relationships with Broker/Dealer community on behalf of clients; provide client assistance in expanding credit availability.
• Maintain relationships with mortgage bankers, investors and servicing brokerage firms, and other firms making a market in whole loans.
• May be responsible for other miscellaneous research projects.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience.
• Requires 0 – 3+ years of fixed income mortgage trading, portfolio, or risk management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of company products, services, and capabilities.
• Excellent customer service skills in high stakes business-to-business environment.
• Ability to learn and comprehend the mortgage origination process, mortgage securities and markets through on-the-job training.
• Knowledge of options theory, derivative markets and instruments, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
• Strong quantitative skills with solid grounding in basic mathematical and statistical concepts.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels within the organization (e.g., executive, management, individual contributors) as well as outside the organization.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment supporting multiple client requests and shifting priorities with excellent multitasking and time management skills.
• Positive outlook, strong work ethic, and responsive to internal and external customers and contacts.

FLSA Designation (US Only): Exempt

• Salary Range: USD$63,000.00 - USD$77,000.00 per year.

Other Compensation (US Only)

• This role will also be eligible for participation in a Company profit sharing bonus plan. Plan details will be provided to you upon hire.

Benefits (US Only)

• Full time employees will also be eligible for enrollment in a wide range of choices of benefits , including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, short/long term disability, 401(k) participation (with company match).

Time off (US Only)

• The Company provides a minimum of 10 days of vacation for new employees , sick time based on state requirements, 8 Company-paid holidays and 2 personal holidays per year.

We recognize the value and importance of diversity and inclusion in our communities and in the workplace.

We celebrate diversity and one of our goals as an employer is to create an inclusive work environment for all employees.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation including gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other category or characteristic protected by law.

Applicants with disabilities who would like to require a reasonable accommodation related to any part of the application process may contact us at [e-mail].

NOTE: If an applicant is selected to receive a conditional offer of employment, and in accordance with applicable law, a criminal background check may be conducted before the offer becomes final and employment begins.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and other applicable laws, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Perseus Group is an equal opportunity employer.

#OB - OB Secondary Services (SS) Perseus, an operating group of Constellation Software Inc., acquires independently managed software companies around the world.

It provides them with the strategic guidance and financial security they need to become leaders within their respective markets.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

What we offer our business unit managers is autonomy, an environment that supports them in mastering vertical market software management skills, and the chance to build an enduring and competent team in a ‘human-scale’ business

Mark Leonard President, Constellation Software Inc.