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    Desk Assistant - London, United Kingdom - FREIGHT INVESTOR SERVICES

    FREIGHT INVESTOR SERVICES
    FREIGHT INVESTOR SERVICES London, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Description

    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 real-time manual / electronic whiteboards with market data


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


    • Assist with on-boarding new clients following appropriate Compliance and Operations procedures


    • With support from Head Broker, regularly assess client needs and financial conditions to identify internal cross-selling 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 co-operative 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

    Our rapidly growing business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers.
  • Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
  • Pension scheme
  • Private healthcare and life assurance scheme
  • 25 days holiday
  • Gym membership
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Season ticket travel loan
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Learning & Development / CPD opportunities

    • Freight Investor Services is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of personal characteristics such as age, race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, ethnicity, nationality and religious beliefs.

    We are committed to treating all of our candidates fairly and would like you to have every opportunity to excel in our application and interview selection process. If you need any adjustments to be made as part of the process (such as for a neurodiverse condition, a disability, a medical condition or other individual need) please let us know in good time, so that we can support you.


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