Repo Trader
Jump Trading is a global trading firm.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a global trading firm focused on research-driven trading and the engineering of scalable models, tools, infrastructure, and execution systems. Its operations combine trading, technology, AI/ML, and quantitative research, and it also runs research and talent programs including conference travel grants and a fellowship program.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage and optimize financing for the fixed-income portfolio across repo, TRS, and other channels, with a focus on Europe. You will provide financing market insight and pricing analysis, manage funding-counterparty relationships and margin terms, support cash and collateral management, and improve treasury processes through automation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in STEM, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field
- At least 5 years of buy-side or sell-side repo trading experience, or technical or quantitative strategy experience supporting repo desks
- Python or other programming-language proficiency
- Knowledge of short-term rates, money markets, and STIR products
- Knowledge of cross-asset financing
- Knowledge of financial-resource constraints at banks
- Knowledge of fixed-income financing counterparties
- Counterparty relationship management
- Process automation
- Reliable and predictable availability
Responsibilities
- Manage and optimize fixed-income portfolio financing across repo, TRS, and other financing channels
- Provide financing market color, pricing analysis, and counterparty intelligence to traders and portfolio managers
- Build and maintain relationships with funding counterparties
- Improve pricing, capacity, counterparty access, and support for new markets
- Support new business activity with business teams
- Drive strategic initiatives to optimize funding
- Support cash and collateral management
- Handle foreign exchange and other money-market instruments
- Assist with trade-team PnL and cost-allocation analysis
- Negotiate and manage margin terms with counterparties
- Support daily trading activities with risk and back-office functions
- Develop new procedures, funding structures, and process automation
- Support new business initiatives in Europe
Benefits
- Private medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Travel medical insurance
- Group pension scheme
- Group life assurance and income protection schemes
- Paid parental leave
- Commuter and cycle benefits
