Exciting opportunity for a motivated candidate to join a premier and growing Alternative Asset Manager in Crypto/Digital Assets! Collegial environment with great exposure and opportunity to learn and grow as well as a 3/2 Hybrid schedule!

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Job Description
Derivatives Trader – Digital Assets
Premier Alternative Asset Manager in Digital/Crypto space seeking Derivatives Trader (Digital Assets) to join growing investment team. Candidate will trade crypto with a focus on hedging digital asset exposure through derivatives (options/futures/forwards). Successful candidate will possess corporate derivatives trading experience and/or middle office experience and a strong risk management mindset. Fantastic opportunity to help shape framework of managing/trading corporate crypto exposure, products, and P/L.
Responsibilities:
• Monitor digital asset price risk and execute the monetization of corporate crypto exposure and related trading strategies with options, forwards, futures, and spot.
• Execute cryptocurrency trades efficiently and consistently from inception of the trade through settlement (operating trading systems, monitoring execution, interacting with counterparties, etc)
• Collaborate with and support operations team members to track and post collateral / margin as needed.
• Proactively contribute to overall systems/investment process enhancements, including buildout of a new OMS/EMS; collaborate with colleagues in portfolio management/trading/ops/engineering to improve trading operations/systems with a focus on automation.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's or Masters degree from a top-tier university.
• 4-8 years trading and/or settling derivatives through exchanges, order-routing systems, and OTC desks.
• Crypto trading and/or corporate/treasury risk exposure highly preferred, including working knowledge of ISDA agreements.
• Possess bench in OMS/EMS technology solutions for portfolio management and trading (Bloomberg AIM/EMSX, TT, FlexTrade, Charles River, SS&C Eze).
• Advanced skills in Excel, Bloomberg and investment analytical tools; knowledge or Python/SQL a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills – ability to communicate complex issues/solutions in simple terms.
• FINRA Series 7 required.
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