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• Company

  Optiver Holding BV

• Location

  Netherlands-North-Holland

• Compensation

  Excellent

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  24 Nov 2009

• eFC Ref no

  579770

Location

Amsterdam; Fulltime

Who we are

Optiver is a rapidly growing proprietary trading firm, with offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. We focus on electronic market making and arbitrage activities in a wide variety of products including derivatives, stocks and bonds.  We trade with our own money and at our own risk.

Our business covers 5 continents, 20 countries and each of the world’s major economic time zones. With more than 500 employees worldwide, our culture is one of our most valuable resources: we are young at heart, strongly results-driven, open and informal, team-based, ambitious and exceedingly flexible.

Although market making and arbitrage are our core activities, we rely heavily on our IT expertise and excellent Business Operations support in order to achieve the highest success with the lowest risk possible.

What you’ll do

At Optiver, Wholesale Traders are the key link between our screen traders and external trading relations. As a member of our wholesale team you will be responsible for order flow in the professional market deriving from the various exchanges we trade on. Other than our screen traders, who trade directly on the exchange, you will trade directly and indirectly with hedge funds, pension funds, institutional investors and big banks, often through intermediates such as brokers. To achieve this you will work in close collaboration with a team of screen traders aimed at maximizing Optiver’s overall performance.

The environment you will work in is one where people are highly motivated, pro-active, ambitious and try to excel in whatever they do. As a company we believe best results are achieved when working as a team in which people stimulate and motivate each other to further growth. In order to reach this goal you will need the personality, drive and ambition to maintain key international relationships, manage large portfolios, make fast decisions and spot opportunities.

What we need

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree;
• 0-4 years working experience, preferably in financial markets;
• Excellent social and communication skills;
• The ability to interpret data, solve problems and make decisions under pressure;
• Having an existing network is a plus;
• An entrepreneurial spirit and a talent for growing business in new directions;
• An eye for accuracy and attention to detail;
• Willingness to travel semi regularly within Europe;
• Fluency in English (fluency in French, Italian, German or Spanish is a plus).

What you’ll get

At Optiver, we understand that our staff is our most important asset. In addition, today's skills shortage means attracting and retaining the best employees is more important than ever. As a result, we provide a highly attractive compensation package to ensure that we can employ and hold on to the very best people.

Just imagine: 30 days’ holiday, full first class home-work travel compensation, excellent remuneration and a bonus structure, training opportunities, relocation packages, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, Friday-afternoon drinks and – yes - even in-house chair massages. Add the chance to work in the US or Australia if you want, and you’ve got to be tempted!

Interested?

Apply directly via the Solliciteer Online button. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. For more information contact Karolina Kazirod on +31 (0)20 708 7000.

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