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Vice President / Trading Strategist

AT Bank of America
Bank of America

Vice President / Trading Strategist

New York, NY

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

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Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Educate clients about complex structures and technical products and develop new products and bringing them to market.
  • Perform numerical analysis of existing models and implementation and testing of performance enhancements.
  • Perform general sales, trading, and hedging activities and help to originate, structure, and model transactions.
  • Assess market trends and provide quantitative data for clients and performing market and quantitative research analysis.
  • Research and model complex products/trends/phenomena including Hedges, Index Replication, and Alpha Strategies using large data sets of financial data.
  • Execute Portfolio decomposition, performance analytics, and risk modeling using both Axioma and Barra multifactor risk frameworks, using R and Python.
  • Perform quantitative analysis of the current markets, trends and trading strategies and enhance pricing and risk models to incorporate new market or products features.
  • Complete execution strategies utilizing risk frameworks and multi-period optimization.
  • Sell both portfolio strategies and execution strategies to various institutional investors.
  • Generate required documentation and testing to support model risk management ongoing model review and validation.
  • Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Master's degree or equivalent in Financial Economics, Financial Engineering and Operations Research or related; and
  • 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related finance occupation.
  • Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following:
  • Researching and modelling complex products/trends/phenomena including Hedges, Index Replication, and Alpha Strategies using large data sets of financial data;
  • Executing portfolio decomposition, performance analytics and risk modeling using both Axioma and Barra multifactor risk frameworks, using R and Python;
  • Performing quantitative analysis of the current markets, trends and trading strategies and enhancing pricing and risk models to incorporate new market or products features;
  • Completing execution strategies utilizing risk frameworks and multi-period optimization;
  • Selling both portfolio strategies and execution strategies to various institutional investors; and,
  • Generating required documentation and testing to support model risk management ongoing model review and validation.

If interested apply online at www.bankofamerica.com/careers or email your resume to bofajobs@bofa.com and reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER: BofA Securities, Inc.

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - NY - New York - ONE BRYANT PARK - BANK OF AMERICA TOWER (NY1100)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

- annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, USA
Job ID: BankOfAmerica-JR-24035050
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • HSA
    • On-Site Gym
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Leave of Absence
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
    • Sabbatical
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program