Hedge Fund Sales Representative


Company:: MarketAxess US
Location:: New York City, NY
Job Type:: Full Time
Category:: Risk Management


Posted:: 3/14/2013

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Job Description

Hedge Fund Sales Representative

Full time

New York City

Company Overview

MarketAxess is a leading electronic trading platform that allows investment industry professionals, including hedge funds, to efficiently trade corporate bonds, CDS, and other types of fixed-income instruments.

Position Overview

The incumbent will be responsible for marketing our CDS and cash products and services to relevant users in the hedge fund community. To the extent that clients are not already covered by a sales representative, the incumbent may be solely responsible for the client. S/he will also work together with the dealer sales group to encourage dealer participation and price contributions.

S/he must have a good understanding of the opportunities that are likely to arise from the changing regulatory environment (e.g, as a result of Dodd-Frank) and will promote MarketAxess's value proposition in light of these changes.

Sales success will be measured by client inquiry and trading volume.

The incumbent will also be accountable for providing client and dealer input on system usability so that the company can continue to build out leading technology solutions and refine existing technology.

Requirements

At least five years experience in pricing, trading or marketing Single Name CDS and CDS indices and tranches/options.
Strong sales and influencing skills and a high degree of results orientation.
Established relationships with front/middle office credit derivative professionals at hedge funds. Familiar with post trade lifecycle, straight-through-processing and clearing.
Familiar with trade affirmation platforms and clearing house processing.
Familiar with US regulatory reform and rule-making.
Must have a vision - and the ability to articulate that vision - for electronic trading of fixed-income securities, especially CDS.

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