Structurer

UBS•New York, NY

8d•$145,000 - $172,500•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an Equity Derivatives Structurer who is responsible for structuring, modeling and arranging innovative exotic payoffs and volatility solutions to institutional clients. This role involves supporting and interacting with senior members of the Americas Exotics and Risk Recycling Structuring Team, and collaborating with Exotics trading desks in the Americas and EMEA to assess risks and opportunities. The position requires structuring custom volatility dispersion baskets and other tactical volatility trades, and interacting with clients through calls and meetings to explain and pitch trade ideas. The role also involves servicing clients with bespoke analysis, backtests, and simulations, and utilizing strong coding and quantitative skills to build and enhance internal tools, analytics, and screeners. Collaboration with quants, trading, and legal teams is essential for developing innovative payoffs within the equities volatility asset class. The role also requires performing risk/reward analysis of potential investments and adhering to all applicable regulations and internal policies, including UBS principles and behaviors.

Requirements

Ideally a bachelor's degree in finance, science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
In depth knowledge of equity derivatives and equity volatility exotic payoffs.
Experience in coding in Python required.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Team spirited and looking to contribute and perform in a front office environment.
You’re curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment – validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of machine learning, data mining and AI an advantage.

Responsibilities

Supports and interacts with senior members of the Americas Exotics and Risk Recycling Structuring Team on a deal-by-deal or project-by-project basis.
Interacts with Exotics trading desks in the Americas and in EMEA to assess existing risks and opportunities and arrange innovative payoffs, often with a high level of complexity requiring substantial mathematical modeling of risk and return for the client and UBS.
Structures custom volatility dispersion baskets and other tactical volatility trades by running selection processes, pricings and client pitches preparation.
Interacts with Americas and EMEA flow derivatives clients through conference calls and meetings to explain, educate and pitch various trade ideas.
Services flow derivatives clients with bespoke analysis, backtests and simulations.
Use their strong coding and quantitative skills to build and enhance internal tools, analytics and screeners.
Works with quants, trading and legal teams developing innovative payoffs within the equities volatility asset class.
Use their strong analytical and quantitative skills to perform the risk/reward analysis of potential investments on a case-by-case basis.
Adhere to all applicable regulations and internal policies including relevant compliance policies.
Follow, adhere to and promote the UBS principles and behaviors acting with integrity, due skill, care and diligence at all times.
Ensure escalation and disclosure of any information of which applicable regulators would reasonably expect notice.
Observe proper standards of market conduct including paying due regard to interests of customers and treating them fairly where relevant.