United States - New York

Investment Banking

Investment Bank

Key responsibilities

Your role:
Are you a problem solver? Do you like collaborating with traders, sales people and clients to deliver innovative investment strategies? Are you skilled at translating complex market information into actionable investment themes? De you like combining technical knowledge, coding experience and pitching skills to execute financial transactions? We're looking for someone like that to be an Equity Derivatives Structurer who is responsible for structuring, modeling and arranging innovative exotic payoffs and volatility solutions to institutional clients.
• Supports and interacts with senior members of the Americas Exotics and Risk Recycling Structuring Team on a deal-by-deal or project-by-project basis.
• Interacts with Exotics trading desks in the Americas and in EMEA to assess existing risks and opportunities and arrange innovative payoffs, often with a high level of complexity requiring substantial mathematical modeling of risk and return for the client and UBS.
• Structures custom volatility dispersion baskets and other tactical volatility trades by running selection processes, pricings and client pitches preparation.
• Interacts with Americas and EMEA flow derivatives clients through conference calls and meetings to explain, educate and pitch various trade ideas.
• Services flow derivatives clients with bespoke analysis, backtests and simulations.
• Use their strong coding and quantitative skills to build and enhance internal tools, analytics and screeners.
• Works with quants, trading and legal teams developing innovative payoffs within the equities volatility asset class.
• Use their strong analytical and quantitative skills to perform the risk/reward analysis of potential investments on a case-by-case basis
• Adhere to all applicable regulations and internal policies including relevant compliance policies
• Follow, adhere to and promote the UBS principles and behaviors acting with integrity, due skill, care and diligence at all times
• Ensure escalation and disclosure of any information of which applicable regulators would reasonably expect notice
• Observe proper standards of market conduct including paying due regard to interests of customers and treating them fairly where relevant

Job Reference #

342425BR

City

New York

Job Type

Full Time

Your Career Comeback

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The team

You’ll be working in the Americas Structuring team within Global Equity Derivatives in New York. We service institutional investors by delivering solutions to clients. We collaborate with Structured Trading to assess existing risks and structure derivatives solutions to recycle these risks. We also support the sales process of equity derivatives products including pitches, analysis, reports, and attending client meetings.
Your expertise:


• Ideally a bachelor's degree in finance, science, technology, engineering or mathematics
• In depth knowledge of equity derivatives and equity volatility exotic payoffs.
• Experience in coding in Python required. Knowledge of machine learning, data mining and AI an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Team spirited and looking to contribute and perform in a front office environment

Your skills and experience

• Ideally a bachelor's degree in finance, science, technology, engineering or mathematics
• In depth knowledge of equity derivatives and equity volatility exotic payoffs.
• Experience in coding in Python required. Knowledge of machine learning, data mining and AI an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Team spirited and looking to contribute and perform in a front office environment
• You’re curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment – validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

Salary information

The indicative gross base salary range as a full-time equivalent role:
• United States - New York - New York min USD 145000 - max USD 172500 /annum

The expected salary for this role will be determined by relevant factors which may include but are not limited to, role-required experience, qualifications, education, location and skill level. UBS offers a range of competitive benefits and for further information, please visit ubs.com/employee-benefits. We may, at our sole discretion, provide additional variable compensation or awards.

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.