Senior Vice President – Agency Trader

The Company:

Mesirow Financial is an independent, employee-owned firm founded in 1937. As specialists in investment, risk management and advisory services, we are committed to helping our institutional, corporate, and individual clients achieve their objectives. We are proud of Mesirow’s culture of fostering team member engagement, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Our positive culture, volunteerism, and opportunity for advancement makes Mesirow one of the few employers to be included in both Chicago Tribune’s Top Places to Work and Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago.

Our Institutional Sales and Trading group is comprised of over 150 dedicated traders, salespeople and analysts highly specialized in a variety of sectors of the fixed income market. We provide institutional investors with enhanced market coverage through national sales and trading locations in Chicago, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Boca Raton, Charlotte, and Maryland. Recognized nationally as one of the nations’ most established and experienced participants in the fixed income markets, Mesirow Financial has annual trading volume of more than $100 billion and average daily trading positions of approximately $600 million.

The Opportunity:

We are actively recruiting for an experienced trader to join our Agency trading desk in Boca Raton, Florida. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success combined with well-established industry relationships. We are looking for someone that is ambitious and enthusiastic about implementing new trading ideas, concepts combined with a demonstrated ability to operate within established trading risk parameters.

Responsibilities:

• Working directly with the head trader.
• Underwriting new issue agency and supranational debt.
• Trading secondary callable and bullets.
• Experience working with institutional salespeople.
• Understand how to analyze risk and hedge positions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• A demonstrated track record of successful trading combined with established relationships.
• Series licensed (7 & 63).
• Extensive sell-side trading experience and demonstrated record of success.
• A strong commitment to performance, self – motivation and business success.
• The ability to work to strict deadlines under pressure and multi task across analytical, administrative, and research activities in a detail oriented and timely manner.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to effectively communicate.
• Willingness to learn and apply from direct developmental feedback.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with peers, management, and clients.