Associate - Quantitative Strategy, Cash Equities

TD•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate, Quant Strategy will sit within the Cash Equities business, responsible for rapid prototyping, workflow automation, and the generation of actionable sales commentary. The role sits at the intersection of trading, sales, engineering, and applied AI—translating market insights into scalable tools, intelligent systems, and client-ready outputs. The Associate Sales & Trading is responsible for serving as support for the US Rates Trading Division of TD Securities (USA) LLC. This position will support the US Rates desk in New York by inputting trades (post execution), researching and resolving trade discrepancies, amend trades (per trader approval), support the gathering of documentation for new accounts group, act as a liaison between front, back and middle offices, amongst a variety of other responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, or specialized training / equivalent work experience
3+ Years of related experience
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, establishes priorities, and possesses strong communication, analytical and problem solving skills
Management experience and solid computer skills a must

Responsibilities

Automation, Workflow Design, Rapid Development
AI Initiatives & Implementation
Sales Commentary & Strategy
Gathers, researches information and analyzes the market
Executes detailed data analysis and valuation
Provides in-depth market reports and expert recommendations
Identifies issues affecting clients and provides recommendations to remedy
Develops deep client relationships and presents new ideas to clients
Executes trades and secures deals with new clients
Keeps market-making traders informed of relevant issues with their customers and products
Obtains market prices from market-making traders and executes the trade
Ensures all trades are confirmed with the broker/dealer
Inputs trades (post execution), and Verifies transactions meet company policies and followed approved guidelines
Researches and resolves trade discrepancies
Confirms trade blotters against trades booked in systems
Coordinates with back office on all failed trade status and communicates to front office
Coordinates with back office on position breaks and reports to the front office
Assists traders in mark-to-market process
Coordinates trade reconciliation discrepancy resolution with back office
Looks for ways to improve work flow efficiencies
Reads and understands the Trading Supervision Standard
Demonstrates governance, control and risk management behaviors in alignment with TD policies and practices