Emerging Markets Quantitative Fixed Income Trader
| Company | Vanguard |
|---|---|
| Location | Malvern, PA, USA, Scottsdale, AZ, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Five years related work experience, including four years investment management experience.
- Undergraduate degree in finance or economics or equivalent combination of training and experience required.
- Graduate degree preferred.
- CFA preferred.
Responsibilities
- Negotiates and executes trades for fixed income managed portfolios.
- Measures the impact of derivative trades on the relevant portfolios.
- Maintains relationships with security dealers.
- Acts as a back up in investment decision-making function when the portfolio manager is off the desk.
- Authorized to invest cash flows across markets and act as portfolio manager with a lower level of discretion.
- Performs market and risk analysis for senior staff to identify critical data for decision-making.
- Tracks sector spreads and identifies sector relationships.
- Interprets risk of new events across a broad sector class.
- Develops, evaluates, and acquires models for analyzing investment strategies and cost analysis for executions.
- Generates complex performance attribution reports, identifies and resolves issues to produce accurate analyses.
- Responds to fixed income desk inquiries pertaining to bond trading information and bond pricing.
- Performs necessary analysis and relays relevant information to the appropriate portfolio manager for action.
- Acts as a liaison with outside bond vendors, develops and maintains strategic relationship with security dealers.
- Identifies, recommends, and develops process and operational improvements.
- Develops strategies to add value through efficient execution and quantitative research.
- Helps develop operational knowledge of less tenured traders.
- Analyzes data and develops trading and portfolio strategies with oversight.
- Independently generates ideas and research.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fixed Income experience preferred.