Assistant Risk Trader - Structured Investments Desk

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

 

Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

The Structured Investments Desk Assistant Risk Trader will work closely with the Structured Investments Product Desk by supporting and facilitating origination, trading and product support functions.

• Assist in product origination efforts by working with issuing counterparties on pricing and origination of calendar and  custom structured offerings.
• Act as a backup trader to assist with trading responsibilities and secondary market execution in order to provide liquidity for investors, as needed.
• Reconciling deal terms and trade information, setting up offerings in the system, updating offerings sheets and internal database with deal records, working on ad hoc queries with operations, compliance, legal and other infrastructure partners.
• Assist in communications with financial advisors, helping with product education, trade related inquiries and ad hoc requests.
• Abide by all the Policies and Procedures of Stifel and should be completely aware of and in compliance with all FINRA, TRACE, SEC, and state and federal laws as they relate to the securities industry and the products they work in.
• Assist in maintaining transactions records, work with internal partners to update/develop marketing materials, consistent with current regulations.

• Strong level of detail is required in framework of working with complex instruments and time sensitive transaction.
• Some understanding and experience with equity options and knowledge of financial industry and capital markets.
• Proven experience coordinating and completing assigned tasks, independently, accurately and on a timely basis.
• Results oriented individual, with a proactive and creative approach to problem solving.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, team oriented approach.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Bloomberg.
• Preferred familiarity with trading platforms - MarketAxes, TradeWeb/BondDesk, IPREO.

• Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Business related or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Minimum Required: 0-3 years of experience in the financial services industry.

• Minimum Required: Obtain series 7 and 63 licenses within 3-6 months of start date. 

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Strong technical skills with experience in VBA, SQL, Python, and task streamlining tools to support data-driven sales processes.

Salary: USD $80,000.00/Yr. - USD $107,000.00/Yr.

Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate’s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position.The base salary is one component of Stifel’s overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Sifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition & certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more!To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel’s current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled.

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up.  We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas.  Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

 

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations.  Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.  Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

 

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

 

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.