Trading Assistant Role

Emerging Market Credit Fund – Trading Assistant

An exciting opportunity to join an independent, award-winning, well-established and growing asset management firm that currently manages four UCITS funds.

We are seeking a highly motivated Trading Assistant to join the Emerging Market Credit desk. The role offers the opportunity to work closely with the portfolio managers in a collaborative and fast-paced investment environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure risk and P&L are accurate and trades are captured correctly
• Work with the Operations team to resolve any issues
• Supporting FX management and monitoring of currency exposures
• Cash management (including moving cash into and out of money market funds)
• Run reports on risk exposures, making sure that the fund is compliant with all risk-related limits
• Support credit analysis across sovereign, quasi-sovereign and corporate issuers in emerging markets. This will include attending both in-person issuer roadshows and ad-hoc research calls.
• Working to improve and automate existing processes (both system and trading related)

Education, Skills and Experience required

• 1-2 years’ experience within asset management, financial services or a related analytical environment
• Degree educated in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or similar)
• Strong academic background, including a minimum A grade in A-Level Mathematics (or equivalent)
• Programming capability (e.g. Python, VBA or similar) desirable
• Strong numerical reasoning, intellectual curiosity and ability to work independently
• Clear communication skills, excellent attention to detail and a collaborative mindset

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, benefits package and discretionary bonus
• Opportunity to develop technical and market expertise within a specialist emerging market strategy
• A pathway to becoming a trader / risk manager
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial environment with meaningful responsibility