Equity Derivative Desk Strategist

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Position Details

Morgan Stanley is seeking Desk Strategists to join the IDEAS Team.

The Equities DerivStrats group in NY is looking to hire a Desk Strategy to work closely with the traders. Desk strategists are key participants, together with traders and sales people, in the revenue-generating activities of our Sales & Trading Division. Desk strategists sit on the trading desk, are the primary modelers for new products, and team with the traders to deliver innovative ideas using models to analyze risks and opportunities in trading books for complex derivatives.

 

Responsibilities include:

1)      Create and  maintained models to price exotic trades. Support  the traders on a broad spectrum of products from vanilla single asset equity options to hybrids involving multiple equity, FX, inflation, credit and volatility assets.

2)      Work with Trading, Structuring and Sales teams to create, develop, execute and risk manage trades.

3)      Build tools to help the traders analyze risk on their books. Collaborate with traders to analyze and advise on managing the risk of the positions currently on the books.

4)      Help in the search for new trading strategies, they will perform many quantitative analyses on the markets and he will create trader-efficient tools.

Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of current valuation and risk models and championing and enacting new developments as needed.
New York City, New York
Market Rate
Full Time
N/A
Not Specified

Position Requirements

1) 5+ years of experience in a similar role in the industry is required.
2) Strong Quantitative background. A PhD in a quantitative field is required.

3) Strong programming skills. At a minimum, this position requires requires  programming in C++ and proficiency in excel and Visual Basic.

4) Ability to discuss and market ideas is required. Strong communication & collaboration skills are necessary.
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