Electronic Trading Risk - London, United Kingdom - NatWest Markets

NatWest Markets

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as an Electronic Trading Risk & Control Associate

We're looking for someone with an analytical mindset to help enhance and refine some of our key frameworks and processes
It's a chance to work with a variety of teams and stakeholders, contributing to some of our key risk management initiatives while building your internal network and profile

What you'll do:

This role will see you analysing and assessing risk relating to electronic and algorithmic trading, supporting the delivery of risk management projects and assisting key stakeholders to enhance risk management across Electronic Trading.

Other key responsibilities will include:

Assisting in the investigation and response to electronic trading issues and incidents
Supporting and discharging key activities within a dedicated team, focusing on inbound limit and trader requests, reviewing control processes, assessing trader responses to trading alerts, and working directly with trading desks and traders to run certain periodic activities and processes
Coordinating with internal stakeholders across the trading business, traders, Business Managers, Legal, Compliance, Risk and Technology functions

The skills you'll need:

To succeed in this role, you'll have experience of, or an interest in financial services businesses including investment banking, and ideally electronic and algorithmic trading.

You'll have a foundation of technical and analytical skills, together with excellent attention to detail, and a drive to succeed and collaborate with colleagues to achieve results.

You'll also need:

A familiarity with equities and fixed income markets regulation, electronic trading concepts and risks, ideally with an understanding or familiarity with MiFID II and PRA SS5/18 regulation
The ability to adapt to changing market situations, technology and business needs
The ability to prioritise and manage a dynamic workload