Position Summary: 

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Head Trader, the Global Equities Trader has direct trading responsibilities and works with the broader trading teams.

The role spans equity and foreign exchange markets globally, including both developed and emerging markets. The role is responsible for monitoring account compliance with investment guidelines and working with the respective departments across the firm as part of this oversight. The trading responsibilities are supplemented with ad-hoc project work.

Responsibilities: 

• Modeling and generating trades from instructions received via Portfolio Managers on email or phone, utilizing an OMS, Charles River Investment Management Solution (“CRIMS”).
• Comprehension of restrictions monitoring rules employing the OMS compliance engine.
• Executing equity trades in developed and emerging markets for multiple strategies, as well as currency (spot and forward) trades while monitoring and managing cashflows and positions.
• Responsible for analyzing trade execution and TCA review with the investment team. 
• Synthesizing and debriefing Portfolio Manager(s) on both Macro and Micro news-flow and developments in all Global markets (DM, EM & FM) or investment topics of interest. 
• Reviewing and negotiating new Client Onboarding requirements and investment guidelines/restrictions while collaborating with the multiple departments as well as entering and testing all restrictions.
• Conducting portfolio, security, or macro-level analysis on an as-needed basis (pre and post trade), including but not limited to performance attribution, risk or factor exposures, portfolio simulations, etc. 
• Role is on a global trading desk that includes real-time trading in international markets on a rotating basis, with remote-work flexibility based on hours of coverage. 
• Providing input to Standing Committees on Risk, Soft Dollar, Pricing, Proxy, and Trading Oversight.

Qualifications: 

Required: 

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field. 
• Minimum 5 years of experience trading global equities and foreign exchange (trade modeling and execution), preferably on the buy-side. 
• Knowledge of major stocks and markets in ACWI benchmark and understanding of technical factors including charts and news-flow affecting equity securities and currencies is highly desirable. 
• Knowledge of currency trading and hedging with spot and forwards. 
• Experience with derivative instruments and alternative investments a plus.
• Experience with CRIMS OMS for trading equities and foreign exchange a plus. 
• Experience executing foreign exchange on FX Connect a plus. 

A utility player with excellent analytical skills and fluency in Bloomberg, Excel, and Order Management Systems.