What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trading Assistant - New York based Hedge Fund position at Attribution Search?
New York based Multi Manager Hedge Fund is looking to attract a high performing Trading Assistant for its Macro Trading Pod.
The fund is anticipated to be one of the largest launches in recent years, with multi billion capital to be deployed on day 1.
Whilst a priority focus on building it’s US entity the fund also has multi jurisdiction coverage across additional major hedge fund hubs including a newly formed entity in UAE.
Key Duties
- Engages and faces off to front office as main stakeholder group.
- Said investment pod, is one of the highest grossing investment teams at the fund.
- Trade booking, risk management, P&L and pricing.
- Monitoring trader positions, commentary and daily reporting to the PM's of market swings and exposure.
- Management of external provider - T 1 activity is part of outsource of model of core operations.
- Automation SQL/Python and supporting build out of infrastructure to support the further onboarding of PM’s/Investment teams.
Solid Macro product suite is a prerequisite along with hedge fund experience. Sound technical knowledge of P&L, pricing and risk management on positions will also be preferred.
Knowledge of the markets and evidence of following said markets will also be expected.
Strong Middle Office candidates looking to step up and gain more exposure to the desk/T0 trading environment will also be considered.