VP Institutional Equity Agency Trader

Why Stifel

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

 

Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

What You'll Be Doing

The Vice President-Institutional Equity Agency Trader executes trades for institutional clients in the equity markets. They will work closely with portfolio managers and research analysts to implement investment strategies and achieve optimal execution for client orders. The Institutional Equity Agency Trader deeply understands market dynamics, liquidity, and trading algorithms. They will monitor market trends, analyze trading data, and seek opportunities to improve execution performance.

What We're Looking For

• Trade equities utilizing trading strategies.
• Research and trade exchange list equities based on fundamental and technical analysis of individual stock components.
• Initiate positions in securities based on technical and fundamental analysis of specific stock, industry, and market conditions.
• Stay abreast of all capital market developments by constantly monitoring equity and industry research reports.
• Develop short and long-term strategies to increase the firm's capital trading.

What You'll Bring

• Ability to analyze data quickly and efficiently to make profitable trading decisions.
• Ability to conduct market research to stay abreast of the economic environment.
• Ability to design and execute trading strategies.

Education & Experience

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum Required: 6+ years of experience in equity trading.

Licenses & Credentials

• Minimum Required: FINRA Series 7, 63, and 57.

Systems & Technology

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiar with trading programs.

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up.  We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas.  Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

 

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations.  Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.  Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

 

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

 

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.