Credit Trader – Investment Grade & High Yield

DWS Group•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Trading Team at DWS is a key part of the investment process and has a primary goal of achieving best execution results for the firm’s clients. The team covers a wide range of products (across asset classes) and markets globally. Trading is seeking a candidate to join the Americas Trading team in New York. The individual will primarily focus on trading Credit (Investment Grade and High Yield) securities for mutual funds, institutional accounts and ETFs.

Requirements

Proven trading experience in execution of both High Yield and Investment Grade Credit securities
Understanding of industry recognized analytic and trading systems including Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb.
Demonstrated process improvement through automation of order flow or similar skillset (coding skills should include familiarity with: Python, JavaScript, SQL)
Strong written and oral communication skills
Undergraduate degree with a preference towards a Bachelor’s degree in a finance-related or computer science field

Nice To Haves

Experience with BRS Aladdin a plus

Responsibilities

Execute portfolio manager generated Investment Grade Credit and High Yield orders (across multiple venues) in compliance with trading procedures and portfolio guidelines
Help build relationships with the broker-dealer community to facilitate improved New Issue Allocations, market intelligence and act as a point of contact for the platform
Participate in internal meetings with Portfolio Managers and Research as part of the investment decision making process
Increase efficiency of execution services and help build automated solutions for the desk’s processes and order flow
Be a team player and take part in value additive liquidity dialogue & solutions (incl. relative value, trade ideas, difficult to trade situations, alternative investments/comparable securities, New Issue color)
Act as a culture carrier and foster successful relationships and interactions with Operations, Technology, Compliance, Risk and Audit