Associate Director, Equity Derivatives Trader in London

Role Purpose

Member of the Stock Derivative Trading team in London not managing others

Responsibilities:

• Provide quotations on Equity and Index options. 
• Manage risks associated to these products by trading all sort of derivatives products: equity options, futures, IR swap, FX, Correlation products, etc.
• Elaborate, back test and put in place relative value strategies
• Improve or/and develop data analytics tools
• Maintain risk positions within limits. 
• Providing liquidity to clients and managing positions in order to maximize total revenue of trading profit plus commission.
• Generate new trading ideas and provide trading axes to sales. 
• Develop synergies between flow and structured products books by recycling some risks coming from structured business into flow products. 
• Ensure trading activity is conducted with all appropriate risk parameters and participate in enhancing the current way we manage the positions. 
• Ensure compliance monitoring is in place, including processes for management of operational risk, in accordance with HSBC and regulatory standards. 

Knowledge & Experience / Qualifications:

• Extensive experience with Financial Markets and knowledge of equity derivatives products
• Strong computing science background and coding capability in Python.
• Good understanding of different client business models
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with very strong analytical skills. 
• Ability to multi-task and to work well under pressure, strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a health work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.