What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Markets Specialist position at Securian Financial Group?
Securian Financial Group is looking for a highly skilled Financial Markets Specialist to support the growth of our structured assets portfolios. As a key member of the team, you will be accountable for helping achieve the investment objectives of various portfolio strategies.
The position requires oversight of primary and secondary structured asset markets, including timely new issue recommendations with both structural and underlying asset analysis. You will present secondary ideas based on relative value and be responsible for trading approved trade ideas. Ongoing surveillance of current holdings with the goal of right sizing risk to align with current fundamental viewpoints is also essential.
You will update investment sector thesis with positioning on a regular basis, conduct internal rating assessments, evaluate underlying asset performance metrics compared to a benchmark, and maintain asset analytics and modeling. Recurring Sector level analysis and overview meant to identify inflection points within an analyst's sector coverage expressed through fundamental sector outlook and recommendation is a critical part of this role.
In addition, you will participate in cross-sector support and debate, providing analytical support and participating in relative value discussions. A broad understanding of financial markets and risk models supported by a background in math, economics or statistics is required.
