Fintech Lead

London, England, gb

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/ Department:
 

Our fixed Income and derivatives traders collate and distribute flows, morning headlines, monitor and report on global financial markets, macroeconomic and credit specific news, to internal partners and portfolio managers, to ensure a continuous flow of information.

The traders are tasked with trading all agency client orders and are responsible for delivering a characteristic high-touch client focused service.

The traders need an advanced understanding of trading technology including the various execution platforms and strategies available and when to employ them.

They also understand market structure and add value by using multiple liquidity sources in order to provide best execution to customers, in line with global regulations.

They are expected to understand the firm’s trade reporting requirements. The traders act as risk managers and ensure that no positions are carried overnight, particularly in the event of an error. They are expected to keep up to date with changing regulations and should be compliant at all times.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Receive, confirm and understand instructions for client orders for our outsourced, institutional and Transition Management clients.
  • Execute fixed Income and derivatives orders across global markets on behalf of our domestic and global institutional clients via execution platforms, alternative liquidity providers and our wide panel of counterparties.
  • Follow Best Execution principals and strategies to minimize the cost of trade implementation.
  • Liaise closely with Internal partners and portfolio managers globally on trading strategies and general updates on performance and market trends.
  • Working directly with our broker panel and our technology vendors to maintain both execution excellence and best execution.
  • Understand the market structure of each market we trade in detail.
  • Build and maintain strong sell-side relationships.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulatory rules and responsibilities.
  • Ensures that appropriate enabling documentation is in file and that appropriate procedures and conventions (i.e., levels of collateral etc.) are followed.
  • Become familiar with the systems we use and contribute ideas as we evolve and strive for better process and efficiency. 
  • Take leading role in trading projects such as developing OTC derivatives capabilities.


    • Skills / Qualifications

  • Advanced knowledge of investments and the financial markets.
  • Proven experience preferably in a buy side fixed Income and derivatives trading environment, as a trader or portfolio manager, demonstrating knowledge of the different instrument types. Fixed Income-Global Rates, Credit, Emerging Markets- Derivatives- Global Equity and Fixed income Futures and Options.
  • Experience in trading OTC derivatives including interest rate swaps, total return swaps and CDS.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of financial analysis, basic statistics and accounting.
  • Analytical and computer literacy skills.

    • Working with Us:

    As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

    Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

    We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

    Reasonable accommodation

    Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at .

    We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

    Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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