# Senior Capital Markets Specialist

**Company**: DWS Group
**Location**: London, 45 Cannon Street
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Capital Markets Specialist to join our ETP Capital Markets team at DWS Group in London.

As a Senior Capital Markets Specialist, you will lead the day-to-day management of Xtrackers ETP primary market processes, focusing on operational efficiency, scalability, and continuous process improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the day-to-day management of Xtrackers ETP primary market processes

- Providing strategic, operational, and market expertise to colleagues across Sales, Portfolio Management, Marketing, Operations, and Product teams

- Identifying, managing, and mitigating operational risks

- Partnering with internal stakeholders to support new product launches, cross-listings, and platform developments

- Developing and enhancing primary market mechanisms

- Building and maintaining relationships with authorised participants, market makers, broker-dealers, exchanges, and other market infrastructure providers

- Engaging with exchanges regarding market structure, trading platform requirements, and regulatory developments

- Serving as a key point of contact for internal and external clients

- Leading the development of market intelligence, competitor analysis, and trading analytics

- Utilising high-frequency market data to develop trading insights

- Leading initiatives aimed at improving the quality and accuracy of European Xtrackers ETP market data

- Collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and external partners to maximise the value delivered to clients

- Supporting product development and delivery by providing senior capital markets insights

- Contributing to the ongoing development of the Xtrackers capital markets platform and broader business strategy

Requirements:

- Experience within ETF/ETP Capital Markets, Delta One, Synthetic Products, Equity Derivatives, or a related trading environment

- Strong understanding of financial markets, exchange-traded products, and market structure

- Knowledge of Total Return Swaps (TRS), synthetic replication, and associated trading and operational processes

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Experience managing/leading projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders

- Strong risk awareness and ability to identify issues and implement effective controls

- Advanced data analysis skills, including experience with Python, SQL, or similar analytical tools

- Experience using Bloomberg, Reuters, or equivalent market data platforms

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Self-motivated team player with a proactive approach to delivering results

- Strong experience working with ETF market makers, authorised participants, exchanges, or liquidity providers

- Knowledge of regulatory, operational, and trading considerations relevant to European ETF markets

- Fluency in an additional European language, would be beneficial

- CFA Charterholder or CFA candidate, would be beneficial

- Degree in Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or another quantitative discipline

- Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity

We offer:

- 30 days' holiday + bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

- A non-contributory pension scheme, up to 10%

- Physical and Mental Health Well-Being benefits

- Family friendly benefits

- Opportunity to support our CSR strategy

- Hybrid Working model in the UK

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- SQL
- Bloomberg
- Reuters
- ETF/ETP Capital Markets
- Total Return Swaps
- synthetic replication
- financial markets
- exchange-traded products
- market structure
- risk management
- data analysis
- communication
- interpersonal skills

### Nice to have
- CFA Charterholder
- fluency in an additional European language

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