Flow Traders
Description
In this exciting role, you will be working on Flow Traders’ Risk and Mid-Office team and reporting into our Global Head of Risk. Being part of our global risk team, you contribute to Flow Traders Risk framework to safeguard organizational and business continuity. This role will enable you to get to know our core business thoroughly, by working closely with our trading and other business units.
Your responsibilities will include the following:
- Managing limits;
- Assessment of limits;
- Assessment of risks/strategies;
- Management of our risk system (in addition to limits, positions, users and accounts);
- Haircut / Margin Management;
- Management of capital usage;
- Testing in-house built software;
- Developing new Risk Management tools (in cooperation with Global Risk and Development);
- Reconsolidation of P&L.
Requirements
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0 to 3 years of work or internship experience;- Master’s degree in Actuarial Science, Econometrics, Mathematics or a more technical background;
- Affinity with Trading or Financial markets in general;
- Experience in the Risk Management, Quant or trading field is a plus;
- High-level knowledge of Excel, SQL & VBA;
- Ability to work independently and responsibly, though within company policies and guiding principles;
- Excellent English communication skills both spoken and written;
- A proactive and flexible personality;
- Proven analytical skills and the ability to assess complex situations quickly without being affected by (time) pressure.
Flow Traders offers you an exciting job and many opportunities within the most dynamic of environments with an excellent compensation package. We like to think that talent grows at Flow and stays at Flow. To ensure this, we provide our employees with the best working environment, the latest technology, continuous support, and we go out of our way to retain the small business feeling with which we started.
We offer a competitive salary and reserve a percentage of our business results for our bonus pool.
Company
Flow Traders is a principal trading firm. We are a leading global technology-enabled liquidity provider specialized in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). We continuously provide liquidity to the major financial markets. Our sophisticated in-house technology platform enables us to quote prices on many exchanges simultaneously. We also quote bid and ask prices off-exchange to institutional counterparties on request. Robust risk management is at the core of our business, and our risk functions are closely integrated into our platform. Our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore and Cluj, accommodate over 300 employees.
Flow Traders grew to be as successful as we are today out of the expertise and experience of our founding partners. Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and achievement. We invest in our talented, highly motivated people since they hold the key to our success. Our demanding, sophisticated work continuously puts us to the test. We would not have it any other way. We. Love. This. Job.