Junior Trader/Dealer, SA

Reporting Relation: Head of Dealing Desk

Purpose Of Job:

Effective multi-asset (equity, bond, FX, derivative) dealing.

Key Relations:

Fund managers, fund operations, dealers, external brokers/banks.

Qualification:

• Relevant B Com Degree.

Experience & Computer Competency Requirements:

• +/- 1 year in a similar environment
• Working on trading/dealing desk
• Portfolio and execution management systems / Bloomberg
• Microsoft office

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of financial markets
  
• Knowledge of a trading/dealing desk

Kpa/ Strategic Business Deliverables:

Dealing:

• Timeous implementation of all trades at optimal price levels, for multiple funds/teams
  
• Capturing of unit trust trades and switches
  
• Build relationships with brokers and PMs

Post trade:

• Booking of trades into Bloomberg to allocate to portfolios
  
• Work with PMs and fund operations in troubleshooting/query handling between trade and settlement

Cash management:

• Work with PMs and fund operations to ensure cash yield is optimised in all portfolios
  
• Capturing call trades, overdraft management
  

PM and Trading System:

• Optimisethe  use of Bloomberg AIM, CURO reporting and in–house implementation sheets
  
• Identify areas of improvement on systems and processes

PM/Analyst Support:

• Liaise with brokers/relationship managers in arranging analyst meetings, roadshows etc
  

Reporting:

• Reporting on brokerage allocations, rating of execution by various brokers in determining brokerage allocation
  

Compliance:
• Maintain communications with compliance relating to possible breaches and the rectification of such

General:
• Keep a pulse on markets and flag anything potentially important to PMs/Analysts