Equity Sales Trader at a Leading Asset Management Firm – Alan & Grant

Alan & Grant – Our client, a leading asset management firm in Nigeria, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Equity Sales Trader

Zip/Postal Code: 100001
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job type: Full Time
Industry: Financial Services

Job Summary

• The Position Holder is responsible for handling both proprietary, and clients’ equity trading transactions with the aim of profitably building the company’s market share of equity trading transactions in the market, whilst maintaining excellent service levels in trade execution.

Key Responsibilities

•  Develop Proprietary Models: Build equity model portfolios, including proprietary models, and regularly develop investment strategies based on capital market expectations as well as current trends/themes.
•  Execute Clients’ Mandates: Execute client instructions with respect to either buying new stock or selling existing stock.
•  Proprietary Trading: Profitably manage firm’s proprietary equities trading book.
•  Regulatory Environment: Should have deep understanding and continuous development of rules and regulations of the NSE, SEC, NASD and operations of market infrastructure.
•  Support Business Development: Development and review of business development proposals for quoted equities mandates for both current and prospective customers.
• The Position Holder is also responsible for preparing sales pitches and providing investment advisory & timely information, in general, to clients.
•  Market Presentations: Preparing and making regular presentations on the economy, industry trends, portfolio performance and market outlook to Management, Investment Management Committee, institutional clients etc.
•  Market Intelligence: Undertakes intelligence gathering on quoted equities for viable trade ideas for clients. Produces useful reports for both investment activities and investment advisory services.
•  The Position Holder is also responsible for assisting with packaging economic and stock research for dissemination via Bloomberg and other portals.
•  Portfolio Monitoring: Constant reviewing of the asset allocation of assigned HNI equity accounts.
•  The Position Holder is also responsible for tracking portfolio performance & monitoring of implemented strategies.
•  Manage Performance of Fixed Income Desk: Responsible for implementation performance benchmarks for respective trading portfolio and monitoring same on a regular basis.
•  Supports Team’s Development: Provides advice, guidance, and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
• Relevant professional qualification (e.g. Chartered Institute of StockbrokersExperience)
• Minimum of 6 years of cognate experience
• Deep knowledge of equity markets, trading platforms, and execution techniques
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and internal teams.
• Proficiency in using trading systems such as Bloomberg, Eikon, or similar platforms.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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