Desk Assistant

THE ROLE

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Desk Assistant to join our commodities broking team in the London office. Ideal candidates will have a passion for the financial markets and have completed relevant internships and/or work experience in the Financial Services arena.

Key responsibilities:

Provide support to brokers on the desk to enable smooth day to day running of the desk

Assist team by calculating prices and recording brokerage

Reconcile and enter trades in Trade Authorisation and/or relevant exchange in timely manner tracking daily trading activities

Resolve any trade queries received internally and externally and ensure any trade discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner

Update realtime manual / electronic whiteboards with market data

Produce a daily/weekly update of market prices market direction for international desks as required

Assist with onboarding new clients following appropriate Compliance and Operations procedures

With support from Head Broker regularly assess client needs and financial conditions to identify internal crossselling opportunities calculating strategies

Provide support to brokers ensure timely input of trades into relevant exchanges providing trade details to traders and brokers on a daily basis

Understand the desk s business strategy; identify and seize new business opportunities relating to trends future markets products and clients

Perform any other reasonable duties the company may require

Risk related responsibilities

Understand regulation within the evolving regulatory landscape

Support a risk and compliance aware culture and comply with FIS company policies

Exercise judgement and act with integrity due care skill and diligence and open and cooperative with the FCA other regulators and exchanges

Ensure full awareness of and adhere to internal policies that relate to the role or any relevant other activities

Observe standards of market conduct and ensure understanding and adherence to all regulatory exchange or clearing house requirements applicable to role

Training

Seek regular feedback from management to ensure role requirements are met

Complete any mandatory training required by the company and required deadlines

Maintain own Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Requirements

Key competencies / skills

Possess basic understanding of financial markets; keen to develop understanding of derivatives as well as underlying markets and technical aspects of broking

Strong academic background (ideally Finance Economics or similar); degree educated

Monitor markets and follow financial news and developments essential

Willingness to study & pass CISI exams CISI Financial Rules and Regulations exam CISI Derivatives and Series 32 essential

Demonstrate good Excel MS Word

Strong client focus; personable and engaging building relationships and networks wherever possible essential

Personable and communicates effectively with clients and colleagues

Tenacious and thrives in a pressurised environment

Team oriented; works well with others and diverse groups / personalities

Excellent attention to detail; strong analytical and numeracy skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
  
• Pension scheme
  
• Private healthcare and life assurance scheme
  
• 25 days holiday
  
• Gym membership
  
• Season ticket travel loan
  
• Cycle to work scheme
  
• Learning & Development / CPD opportunities