Analyst, TDAM

TD•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$80,000 - CA$120,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role supports TDAM's multi-asset trading team, involving analysis of both electronic and voice execution for listed and over-the-counter (OTC) instruments across multiple asset classes. These instruments include options, futures, foreign exchange, commodities, currency, swaps, and interest rate derivatives. The associate will collaborate with team members to expand analytical capabilities, perform administrative tasks related to derivative trading, and identify opportunities to reduce trade costs.

Requirements

Proven high attention to detail and accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
Knowledge of derivative products and financial markets.
Awareness of market structure developments and trading-related technology.
Capable of analyzing complex data sets and making inferences.
Comfortable with working in complex workflow processes.
Ability to work under pressure, tight deadlines and rapidly changing financial markets.
Ability to prioritize and effectively multitask.
Ability to work in a team or individually.
Advanced in VBA and working knowledge of other programming languages.
Excellent oral and written communication and negotiation skills.
Ability to nimbly adapt and upgrade existing procedures and technology to meet changing needs.

Nice To Haves

Undergraduate or graduate degree with a focus on financial engineering or quantitative disciplines is an asset.
Completion of the CFA program is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

Maintain in-depth knowledge of real-time developments in global financial markets and stay up to date on the changing regulatory environment.
Perform quantitative analysis and evaluation of relevant market data, including TCA, as required to support trading strategy decisions.
Assist the Derivatives Trading Team across projects and initiatives, including: Broker vote enhancement; FX TCA reporting enhancement and trade optimization; Collateral reporting analysis; FX Option Reporting enhancement; Commodity broker revenue analysis and reporting; Low touch execution automation.
Develop and maintain relationships with trading counterparties and vendors.
Work with portfolio managers to address needs with respect to derivatives products.
Assist with increasing efficiency and effectiveness of technology initiatives and functional enhancements as it relates to derivative trading.
Help expand trading capabilities into new products and/or asset classes.