# Agency CMO Trader/Structurer AVP

**Company**: Barclays
**Location**: New York, New York
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000 - $175,000
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Agency CMO Trader/Structurer AVP to join our team at Barclays in New York.

The purpose of this role is to execute trades and manage risk within a defined portfolio of financial instruments, staying informed about market trends and developments to make informed trading decisions.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Execute buy and sell orders or price liquidity in various financial instruments while adhering to the bank's trading strategies and risk parameters.

- Monitor and analyse global financial markets, economic indicators, news, and geopolitical events to identify trading opportunities and assess market risks.

- Manage and monitor the risk associated with the trading portfolio, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal risk management guidelines.

- Collaborate with research analysts and other teams to gather insights and information for trading decisions.

**Assistant Vice President Expectations:**

- Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.

- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the whole business function.

- Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraise performance relative to objectives, and determine reward outcomes.

**Requirements:**

- Expertise in Agency MBS products, including TBA, specified pools, and CMO structures.

- Understanding of market-making, hedging strategies, and portfolio risk management.

- Proficiency in daily P&L preparation, reconciliation, and risk reporting.

- Ability to conduct prepayment analysis and mortgage relative value assessments.

- Experience collaborating with modeling, research, and technology teams to enhance trading analytics and infrastructure.

**Preferred Skills:**

- Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.

- Effective communication skills for interfacing with various teams.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and execute tasks under time-sensitive conditions.

- Collaborative mindset with a willingness to partner across functions to drive outcomes.

- High degree of accountability, integrity, and ownership in support of revenue and business goals.

**Salary Information:**

- Minimum Salary: $125,000

- Maximum Salary: $175,000

## Skills

### Required
- Agency MBS products
- market-making
- hedging strategies
- portfolio risk management
- P&L preparation
- prepayment analysis
- mortgage relative value assessments

### Nice to have
- analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- effective communication skills
- time management
- collaborative mindset
- accountability and integrity

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