Description
We are seeking a Capital Markets Analyst to join our ETP Capital Markets team at DWS Group in London.
As a Capital Markets Analyst, you will be responsible for managing primary and secondary market activities, driving strategic initiatives, and process improvements across key external partners' relationships.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing day-to-day Xtrackers ETP primary market processes, focusing on operational efficiency, scalability, and continuous process improvement
- Identifying and managing operational risks, ensuring robust governance, escalation, and resolution procedures
- Partnering with internal stakeholders to support new product launches, cross-listings, and platform developments
- Developing and enhancing primary market mechanisms to support efficient creation and redemption activity
- Acting as a Capital Markets Specialist, providing strategic, operational, and market expertise to colleagues
- Overseeing and analysing secondary market activity across exchanges
- 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
- Producing market intelligence, competitor analysis, and trading analytics
- Utilising high-frequency market data to develop and enhance analytical tools and reporting capabilities
- Maintaining responsibility for 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
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 with a high degree of attention to detail
- Experience managing projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders
- 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
- 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
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- 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
- The opportunity to support our CSR strategy
Our Hybrid Working model in the UK is designed to find the right balance between in-person collaboration and engagement in the office, and working from home.