Structurer

UBS • New York, NY

9d • $145,000 - $172,500

About The Position

UBS is hiring an Equity Derivatives Structurer for its Americas Structuring team within Global Equity Derivatives in New York. The role involves structuring, modeling, and arranging innovative exotic payoffs and volatility solutions for institutional clients. The team collaborates with Structured Trading to assess existing risks and structure derivatives solutions to recycle those risks, and supports sales of equity derivatives through pitches, analysis, reports, and client meetings.

The Structurer works with senior members of the Americas Exotics and Risk Recycling Structuring Team on deals and projects, collaborating with traders, salespeople, clients, quants, and legal teams. The position combines quantitative analysis, coding, market knowledge, client communication, and transaction execution. It also requires compliance with applicable regulations and internal policies, sound market conduct, and adherence to UBS principles and behaviors.

Requirements

• Experience coding in Python.
• In-depth knowledge of equity derivatives and equity volatility exotic payoffs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Team-oriented approach and willingness to contribute and perform in a front-office environment.
• Use sound judgment when exploring AI applications, validating outputs and aligning use with policies, risk standards, and ethical requirements.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor's degree in finance, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics is preferred.
• Knowledge of machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Support senior members of the Americas Exotics and Risk Recycling Structuring Team on deals and projects.
• Work with Exotics trading desks in the Americas and EMEA to assess risks and opportunities and arrange innovative, complex payoffs, including substantial mathematical modeling of risk and return for clients and UBS.
• Structure custom volatility dispersion baskets and other tactical volatility trades, including selection processes, pricing, and client-pitch preparation.
• Interact with flow derivatives clients in the Americas and EMEA through conference calls and meetings to explain, educate, and pitch trade ideas.
• Service flow derivatives clients with bespoke analysis, backtests, and simulations.
• Build and enhance internal tools, analytics, and screeners using coding and quantitative skills.
• Work with quants, trading, and legal teams to develop innovative payoffs in the equities volatility asset class.
• Perform case-by-case risk/reward analysis of potential investments.
• Follow applicable regulations and internal policies, including compliance policies.
• Follow and promote UBS principles and behaviors, acting with integrity, due skill, care, and diligence.
• Escalate and disclose information that applicable regulators would reasonably expect to be notified of.
• Observe proper market-conduct standards, including having due regard for customer interests and treating customers fairly where relevant.

Benefits

• UBS offers competitive benefits; details are available on its employee-benefits website.
• Flexible working options when possible.
• Opportunities to grow.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed