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Graduate Trader - Optiver
Employer: Optiver
Position: Graduate Trader - Optiver
Website:
www.optiver.com.au
Added: 02-Mar-2009
Closes: 31-Dec-2009
Commences: Negotiable
Job Type: Full-time
Payrate: $100,000 + bonus
Location: Sydney
Details
Looking to commence your career with an industry-leader at the top of its game?
Does the thought of working with like-minded individuals in an adrenaline-filled, high-performance environment where your success is recognised and rewarded sound like the ideal place to start your career in the financial markets?
Take a look at Optiver.
As a market maker, Optiver is a key player in the global financial markets. Since establishing itself in Amsterdam in 1986, the company has grown to have a trading presence in twenty countries, spread across five continents and is the largest independent arbitrage firm in the Asia Pacific region today. With plans for further expansion, Optiver are looking for bright, motivated graduates to join its trading teams in Sydney, Amsterdam and Chicago.
As a Graduate Trader, you will be trained and mentored by some of the brightest minds in the industry, work with highly advanced systems in a simulated trading environment and be given the support you need to build a career high in satisfaction and success! In return for your engagement, you will be rewarded with a lucrative salary, uncapped bonuses and a unique working environment focused on work-life balance and reward. Optiver’s culture is informal and free from unnecessary bureaucracy, so you can be assured that, regardless of how long you’ve been with the company, your voice will be heard.
Other benefits include a free gym membership, breakfast and lunch catered for daily, annual company trips and extensive training and development.
Interested? You will need to be:
• A penultimate, final year or recently degree qualified in a quantitative discipline Eg. Finance, Commerce, Economics, Maths, Physics, Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronic Engineering or Actuarial Studies
• A Distinction-average student
• Passionate about the financial markets
• Extremely numerical with a flair for problem solving
• Excellent communication skills
• Decisive, focused and someone who thrives on challenge
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we should talk.
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Assistant Trader
Employer:
Barber Consulting
Position:
Assistant Trader
Added: 08-Aug-2009
Closes: 30-Nov-2009
Commences: October 2009 - January 2010
Job Type: Full-time
Payrate: $50k-$75k
Location: Sydney
Details
PLEASE NOTE:
You must be a 2008 or 2009 grad, have a High Distinction average in a Financial Maths, Actuarial, Economics, Finance or similar degree and you will be in the top 5 of your class. Additionally, you will have excelled in probability and be an excellent poker player.
This is truly a unique opportunity to maximise your potential as a trader.
Working for a global trading company, you will begin your career learning the ropes and being trained on every facet of the business. In time you will flourish into a fully fledged trader in your own right.
This is a demanding, high pressure and volatile environment, where you will be expected to push yourself to the limit. In return you will have the chance to exceed all previous expectations.
You will be educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, have a UAI of at least 98, 4 unit maths and a thorough working knowledge of probability computations, as well as possessing first class communication skills.