Job Summary
Job objective
This function facilitates buy and sell transactions and executes trade orders across all covered markets/asset classes, taking into account client mandates and market information, together with associated administration.
Responsibilities
- Ensure deals are executed within acceptable risk and best possible returns.
- Adhere to the trading mandate and the management trading strategy, and capture market opportunity.
- Monitor news, market information, research, trends, and opportunities and ensure proper escalation to relevant internal stakeholders.
- Keep abreast of legislation and statutory requirements and ensure compliance.
- Analyse account objections which may require negotiation prior to execution of sales and purchases of shares, securities, bonds, foreign exchange, money and capital market instruments and derivatives.
- Report on the performance of portfolios through presentations and written reports.
- Manage and build relationships with brokers and may supervise less experienced dealer(s).
- Generate reports and assist in preparations of various presentations.
- Document and review the dealing room processes.
- Manage and enhance all dealing room administration.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies/Education
- Postgrad degree in accounting or finance.
- At least 2-3 years of work experience in a similar role in a stockbroking, investment banking or asset management firm.
- Regulatory Examination RE5
- Meets FAIS Fit & Proper requirements
- Solid competence in trading systems.
- Knowledge of financial markets (keeps up to date with the markets).
- High numeracy and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Effective communication skills.
- Takes ownership of assigned tasks.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Ability to produce accurate and timely work.
- Proactive team player.
- Ability to build relationships.
- Actively seeks to enhance own expertise and knowledge.
- Demonstrates drive and commitment to self-development.
- Alignment to company values.
- Bloomberg understanding.
This position will be filled in line with the company’s EE policy