Managing Director – Agency Trading

The Company:

Mesirow Financial is an independent, employee-owned firm founded in 1937. As specialists in investment, risk management and advisory services, we are committed to helping our institutional, corporate, and individual clients achieve their objectives. We are proud of Mesirow’s culture of fostering team member engagement, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Our positive culture, volunteerism, and opportunity for advancement makes Mesirow one of the few employers to be included in both Chicago Tribune’s Top Places to Work and Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago.

Our Institutional Sales and Trading group is comprised of over 60 dedicated traders, salespeople, and analysts with an average of more than 20 years of specialized experience across key sectors of the fixed income market. The cornerstone of our work is providing sophisticated market analysis, excellent service and customized investment solutions to institutional investors with enhanced market coverage through national sales and trading locations. We are recognized nationally as one of the nations’ most established and experienced participants in the fixed income markets.

Our advisors provide investment and fiduciary services to individuals, families, corporations, and non-profit organizations. With over $8.2B in assets under management, we have earned a reputation for effectively managing our clients’ needs and goals. Wealth Management has been Mesirow’s flagship business for over 80 years, built around our trusted advisors, with an average tenure of over 20 years.

The Opportunity:

We are actively recruiting for an experienced trader to lead our agencies trading desk.  The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success combined with well-established industry relationships.  We are looking for someone that is ambitious and enthusiastic about implementing new trading ideas, concepts combined with a demonstrated ability to operate within established trading risk parameters.

Responsibilities:

• Manage agency trading desk.
• Work directly with salesforce to develop relationships with customers and issuers.
• Trade new issue and secondary notes.
• Understand how to analyze risk and hedge positions.
• Support other areas of Mesirow’s Institutional Sales and Trading department.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Series 7 and 63 licensed.
• Ability to manage and grow a business.
• A demonstrated track record of successful trading combined with established relationships.
• A strong commitment to performance, self-motivation and business success.
• The ability to work to strict deadlines under pressure and multitask across analytical, administrative, and research activities in a detail oriented and timely manner.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to effectively communicate.
• Willingness to learn and apply from direct developmental feedback.  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with peers, management, and clients.

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