eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Optiver Holding BV

• Location

  Netherlands-North-Holland

• Remuneration

  Excellent

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  27 Aug 2008

• eFC Ref no

  455409

Location
Amsterdam, full-time

Who we are
Optiver is a fast-growing, very successful proprietary trading firm in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. We engage in highly-automated electronic market making and arbitrage activities in a wide variety of products including derivatives, stocks and bonds.  Our business covers 5 continents, 20 countries and each of the world’s major economic time zones. With over 350 employees worldwide, our culture is one of our most valuable resources: we are young at heart, in body and mind, strongly results-driven, open and informal, team-based, ambitious and exceedingly flexible.  

We’re now looking for a Wholesale Trader to join our highly successful existing team. Something for you?

What you’ll do
At Optiver, Wholesale Traders are the key link between our screen traders (market makers) and our external trading associates. More than trading in the professional market, you will need the personality, drive and ambition to maintain key international relationships, manage large portfolios, make fast decisions and handle workloads responsibly and productively.

The position begins with a three-month, hands-on training period. You will learn and practise the skills you need to meet your objectives. Once you’ve finished your training, you will be an integrated member of the wholesale team and be expected to manage your own responsibilities effectively. Your decisions will impact the traders as well as the company’s overall performance.

Optiver values forward thinking and forward motion. We recognise and value our position in this dynamic and expanding industry and create opportunities to expand our operations. We are growing continuously and our success is due, in part, to our well-trained and motivated employees, our endless pursuit of new technologies and our results-driven culture.

What we need

• Excellent social and communication skills
• A strong affinity for finance and financial markets and a ‘numbers-oriented’ character
• The ability to interpret data, solve problems and make decisions under pressure
• A driven and ambitious personality that thrives in a fast-paced environment;
• An eye for accuracy and attention to detail
• Fluency in English (fluency in French, Italian, German or Spanish is a plus)
• The willingness to embrace a multi-cultural, fast-paced environment
• Bachelors or Master’s degree (University level)

While previous trading experience and degrees in finance are certainly an advantage, we are also open to recent graduates with ambition and a strong interest and ability in this area but who may lack direct experience.

N.B. Once you’ve applied for the Wholesale Trader position, you will be required to take a short test to assess your mathematical and analytical skills. You will be notified of our next available test session when we receive your application.

What you get
We believe our compensation is virtually second to none. Just imagine: 25 days’ holiday, full first class home-work travel compensation, a minimum guaranteed bonus of €25,000* after the first year, 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!
 
Of course, this sort of deal is not for free. Optiver is looking for the best. But if you know you’re good at your job, are looking for a challenge and the chance to grow, and are prepared to work hard, this is an opportunity you cannot afford to miss.

Interested?
Apply directly via the button below.
For more information contact Sanneke Franken (recruiter) on +31 20 531 9000.

Acquisition further to this advertisement is not appreciated

* Conditions: good performance, definite employment contract must have been changed to an indefinite employment contract. The bonus is revoked if you resign.