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    Quantitative Investment Strategies - London, United Kingdom - bbva

    bbva
    bbva London, United Kingdom

    6 days ago

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    Description

    Area:
    CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING

    Company:
    Z01

    What are we looking for?

    STEM talent in the BBVA group: What we offer you?

  • You will be part of a team of more than Technology and Data experts, in 25 countries, whose aim is to take the bank further thanks to technology.
  • You will participate in one of the close to 1,800 cutting-edge technology projects that we implement annually with a positive impact on 85 million people.
  • You will work with a wide range of technologies, from the most experienced to the most disruptive: 46 different programming languages, 201 development platforms, etc.
  • You will collaborate with our main tech partners - Microsoft, Google, AWS, Salesforce, IBM, RedHat, Telefonica, Cisco, Genesys, etc.
  • You will carry out innovative projects in areas such as Development, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and Data. .
  • You will learn by working in your project, you will work with referents and you will have access to the entire BBVA training offer and to the Ninja project, a gamified training platform with a community of more than 11,000 participants with more than 2,000 talks, 1,300 workshops and 48 hackathons held.

    • Qualifications

    Academic and professional background

  • Bachelor Degree in Economics, Business Administration or Engineering and other technical degrees are desirable.
  • Solid technical knowledge about strategic investments.
  • Solution Sales or Investment Solution Sales.
  • 5-7 years of previous experience in QIS, Asset Management, Multi Asset.

    • Previous knowledge

  • Bloomberg, Google Drive, Microsoft, specifically Microsoft Excel.
  • Have a deep knowledge about both equity and equity derivatives markets and the clients' risks appetites and investment needs.

    • Languages

  • English (native/bilingual).
  • Spanish will be valued.

    • Soft skills

  • Great communication skills.
  • Adaptability, flexibility.
  • Teamwork.
  • Change management, empathy.
  • Problem solving, reasoning.
  • Active learning.

    • This position will require the candidate to have a valid Mifid certification. In case the candidate is not certified, they will have to obtain the pertaining certification upon the incorporation to the role.

    Overview

    BBVA QIS is a relatively young business within Global Markets whose objective is the design and manufacture of rules-based investment strategies across all asset classes. We aim to offer investment solutions to both institutional clients and distributors.

    We are looking for a person with QIS experience and knowledge of a relevant client base, and enthusiasm to help grow the business, by leading the distribution to institutional clients in Europe and the United States.

  • Collaborate with the Institutional Clients Equity Derivatives Sales Regional Manager in defining the business strategy, business plan and budget for the equity derivatives sales business with institutional clients in the region under his/ her responsibility.
  • Originate proactively equity derivatives commercial opportunities and develop P&L. Provide specialized service to the clients about equity derivatives market (prices, flows, etc.), offering them tailor-made investment and hedging solutions. Have a deep knowledge about both equity and equity derivatives markets and the clients' risks appetites and investment needs.
  • Interact permanently with clients by phone/ chat and in particular organise periodic visits together with different Global Markets units (such as Research, Structuring and trading) and Bankers. Focus on reinforcing BBVA relationship with existing clients and identifying new business opportunities.
  • Execute secondary market orders received from the clients. Price clients' request in coordination with Trading and Structuring desks, and support Trading in finding potential buyers/ sellers for specific positions of the trading book.
  • Leverage on the Research and Structuring capabilities to offer an added value service to customers. Take into account Research/ Structuring market/ product views and trade ideas to generate equity derivatives' ideas and proposals.
  • Negotiate deals with clients, coordinating with the Trading and Structuring desks, as required. Monitor the settlement and post-trade processes, helping in solving key incidences and problems if needed Work together with the Structuring unit to develop and structure specific equity derivatives product solutions for institutional clients. Coordinate works on wrappers (SPV, MTN, Warrant) with the Global Securities unit for structured products distribution.
  • Liaise alongside with Bankers and other Global Markets desks in order to mainstream and coordinate customers' knowledge.
  • Take part in different risks committees to manage operations and/ or credit lines' approval. Assist the Structuring team in presenting the operation to the Risk unit.
  • Coordinate with Legal unit the definition of the products' legal documentation and contracts, as well as the clients' on-boarding process. Assist in the communication with the client to get the required documentation.
  • Organise with the support of the Marketing and Advertising unit different events and commercial actions with the clients (workshops, breakfasts, etc.). Coordinate the participation of other Global Market units as required.
  • Stay abreast of the specific regulation that may affect the equity derivatives commercialization to the client segment under his/ her responsibility. Focus on advising clients about the new regulation and offering them suitable transactions.
  • Monitor the equity derivatives commercial activity and profitability through in-house tools and data sources. Follow up the operations' pipeline and the budget compliance.
  • Lean on the Sales Operational Management unit for the publication of the daily mark-tomarket prices of the traded products, as well as to coordinate different projects and requests (audits, IT tools implementations, etc.)
  • Comply with both internal and external operational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
  • Generate recurrent income in order to meet the revenues targets that are set each year in the Institutional Clients Equity Derivatives Sales unit and the Global Equity Derivatives Sales overall budget. Focus on boosting revenues through the commercialization of equity derivatives to the institutional clients under his/ her responsibility.

    • Working at BBVA

    BBVA is a global company with over 160 years of history present in 25 countries with over 81 million customers. We are more than 110,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary and diverse teams.

    At BBVA, we are ahead of the transformation that is taking place in the banking sector, challenging the status quo, to make life easier to our customers.

    Being part of BBVA means developing your career in one of the most innovative companies in finance.

    Responsible banking

    We're committed to responsible banking to help drive a more inclusive and sustainable society . The future of banking lies in financing the future.

    We started out with the spirit of helping others make the best financial decisions. That spirit remains with us today and encourages us to keep moving forward, prioritizing innovation and digital transformation so that we can put the opportunities of this new era within everyone's reach.

    Diversity

    At BBVA we believe having a diverse team makes us a better bank.

    For this reason, we actively support diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities regardless race, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. We cultivate a collaborative and inclusive work environment that allows every employee to do their best work.

    Our values

    Our values define our identity ; they are what drives us to make our goals a reality and they guide all of our actions and the decisions we make.

    Customer comes first

    We think big

    We are one team

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