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Senior Trader - Equity Derivatives, Group Global Markets

UOB’s equity-derivatives trader makes markets and manages desk risks. The role also supports equity-linked issuance and analytical automation.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Quote equity-derivative products
Manage desk option exposures
Support structured-product issuance
Develop tools for data analysis and recurring desk workflows

What they ask for

Required

Seven or more years of relevant work
Options-pricing models
Market knowledge
Analytical decision-making
Attention to detail
Clear communication

Preferred

Python

Education: Bachelor or master qualification in a quantitative, finance, economics, business or related field.
Experience: Minimum seven years of relevant experience; willingness to work US hours.
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: equities, options

How to prepare

Explain a structured equity payoff and its risks
Build an option-hedging or P&L analysis
Discuss risk management during volatile US trading hours

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