Position: High Yield Sales Trader

Location: Onsite in either New York OR Chicago

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Trade high yield, new issue and secondary bonds

• Generate trade ideas, assess relative value, provide updates on important news flow and portfolio recommendations

• Oversee multi-billion order flow of high yield securities in fixed income capital markets

• Vet offerings and pitch trade ideas to the company’s portfolio management clients based on a deep understanding of mandate suitability

• Build and maintain strong relationships with the dealer community in order to support access to secondary market liquidity and primary market deal flow

• Identify relationships across markets and pitch potential trade opportunities that arise as a result

• Manage business development for the expansion of services to existing clients and procuring new clients

• Pro-actively communicates regularly with clients in an effort to manage expectations and help ensure client satisfaction

• Continually develop relationships with existing Wall Street sales, trading and syndicate desks

• Maintain and grow existing accounts and identify new key accounts

• Work closely with other trading teams to ensure implementation of best practices

• Manage risk in accordance with the Company’s desk policy

• 100% commission

• All duties needed

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree (Finance/STEM degrees preferred)

• Must have Active Series 7 and 63 license

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant high yield experience

• Team player with strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong quantitative and financial technology skills (Bloomberg, Excel, etc.)

• Detail-oriented and ability to juggle multiple tasks effectively

• Demonstrates sound judgment and ability to work independently

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k with company match, IRA)

• Employee Profit Sharing Plan

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D, Group Whole Life)

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Accident and Critical Illness Benefit Plans

• Paid Time Off (Vacation time)

• Follow the NYSE Holiday Schedule