What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Trader position at Itaú USA?
About Us
Itaú Unibanco is the largest bank in Latin America, operating in 18 countries and celebrating 100 years of history in 2024. Alongside its scale and stability, Itaú is undergoing an enterprise‑wide transformation, embedding AI, advanced analytics, and digital platforms into core business decisions, from risk and operations to client engagement. As part of this organization, Itaú Private Bank applies these capabilities to wealth management, combining human expertise with intelligent, data‑driven insights to deliver more personalized and forward‑looking solutions for clients.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Receive and process sales orders from registered representatives of the broker/dealer, clients, and/or their third party managers, and inspects orders to ensure accuracy of information.
• Review trade execution reports on a daily basis.
• Ensure trading procedures are properly executed and that compliance policies are followed.
• Process a high volume of complex trades, while minimizing the company’s financial exposure.
• Monitor the relationship between the trading desk and our clearing broker, making sure we receive “Best Execution” on all trades
• Book all transactions through our clearing broker’s system.
• Provide market color to our internal and external clients customized according to their needs.
• Responsible for the post-trading routines of booking the transaction in the system and assisting the securities processing unit, whenever needed, in order to ensure maximum efficiency regarding settlement of the trades
• May provide clients with information on investments, securities and other financial services
• Responds to complex question from management, clients, sales representatives and firm personnel regarding trades.
• Stay abreast of changes in the industry and share knowledge with the field and the department.
• Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act related principles, laws, rules and regulations, as well as Itau’s related policies and procedures.
• Perform in a pro-active business development fashion during all client conversations, striving to provide an overall outstanding client experience.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree, economics or related field (MBA preferred)
• Licenses: Series 7 is required, and Series 57 is desirable
• Minimum 5 years of experience in securities industry
• Systems/Applications: MS Office, Bloomberg, Olympic, NETX360,
• Competencies: Communicates effectively, focuses on the customer, organizational skills, demonstrates technical and functional expertise, make sound business decisions, keyboard and data entry skills, detail oriented, multi-task oriented and team player.
• Senior Experience: brokerage and bank products (Fixed Income, Equities, Options, Mutual Funds, Derivatives, Foreign Exchange, Futures, and Structure Products)
• Strong understanding of current regulatory requirements to broker dealer and bank rules.
• Self Motivated team player with solid communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required.
• Fluency in Portuguese considered a plus.