Cabrera Capital Careers

Position: Trading Operations

Location: Chicago, IL

The Trading Operations role is critical to the success of the firm’s domestic and international sales and trading function. The Trading Operations individual supports the seamless execution and processing of trades for domestic and international equity including 15a6 foreign broker dealer, municipals, taxable fixed income desks, IPO’s, stock repurchase and transition management. Additionally, OPS assists with all trading aspects including transaction execution, new business development, financial and regulatory reporting, responses to requests for proposals, preparation of presentations, compliance adherence, etc.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the company’s middle and back office functions for all financial products
• Support all traders and sales associates in domestic and international equities, municipals, taxable fixed income, IPO’s, stock repurchase, and transition management
• Assist in the documentation process and maintenance for 15a6 foreign broker dealer accounts
• Provide settlement and clearance of all financial products in a timely and accurate manner
• Facilitate the account opening, trade process and settlement in various direct settlement international markets
• Confirm trades with multiple banks and brokers on a daily basis
• Collaborate with all relevant parties to set-up and test electronic connections in various regions for a seamless implementation
• Assist with the transitions of different clearing firms and systems migrations when needed
• Effectively research and resolve failed trades, errors and trade discrepancies
• Interact with traders and senior management to resolve P&L and trading issues
• Develop strong relationships and communicate daily with buy-side traders, middle/ back-offices of firms counterparties, clearing agents, U.S. and foreign brokers
• Provide timely resolution of payment queries from FX Counterparty banks relating to settlements
• Manage all new client account documentation and foreign broker onboarding ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements
• Conduct customer identification and verification processes by screening and monitoring entities, beneficial owners, counter parties and related companies to comply with the guidelines administered OFAC
• Consistently monitor the regulatory landscape to identify potential local and foreign issues that may impact the firm’s clients as they relate to changing industry rules and procedures
• Assist with financial compliance examinations and inquiries from the SEC and/or FINRA
• Create written operational and new client/foreign broker onboarding procedure
• Consistently ensure all transactions are processed in compliance with U.S./local laws
• Regularly confirm that our trading and operations meet financial regulatory requirements
• Monitor/manage FINRA OATS/CAT, TRACE/ORF and MSRB reporting issues
• Monitor the comparison of equity/PFD, municipal bonds, taxable fixed income bonds, corporate bonds, and new issue trades
• Track and report all trade activity and commission sharing revenue for orders executed and settled directly with local brokers to the accounting department
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Over one (1) year of experience in operations for a broker dealer
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Series 7 and 63 preferred

To apply for this position, please forward a copy of your resume to cau@cabreracapital.com. Thank you.

Position: Investment Grade Sales Trader

Location: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Trade investment grade, new issue and secondary bonds
• Generate trade ideas, assess relative value, provide updates on important news flow and portfolio recommendations to our portfolio managers clients
• Oversee multi-billion order flow of investment grade securities in fixed income capital markets
• Vet offerings and pitch trade ideas to the company’s portfolio management clients based on a deep understanding of mandate suitability
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the dealer community in order to support access to secondary market liquidity and primary market deal flow
• Identify relationships across markets and pitch potential trade opportunities that arise as a result
• Manage business development for the expansion of services to existing clients and procuring new clients
• Pro-actively communicates regularly with clients in an effort to manage expectations and help ensure client satisfaction
• Continually develop relationships with existing Wall Street sales, trading and syndicate desks
• Maintain and grow existing accounts and identify new key accounts
• Work closely with other trading teams to ensure implementation of best practices
• Manage risk in accordance with the Company’s desk policy

Qualifications:

• Must have Active Series 7 and 63 license
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant investment grade experience
• Team player with string interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written commnications
• Strong quantitative and financial technology skills (Bloomberg, Excel
• Detail-oriented and ability to juggle multiple task
• Demostrates sound judgement and ability to work independently

To apply for this position, please forward a copy of your resume to cau@cabreracapital.com. Thank you.

About the Position:

Location – Chicago, New York or Los Angeles

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Trade high yield, new issue and secondary bonds
• Generate trade ideas, assess relative value, provide updates on important news flow and portfolio recommendations
• Oversee multi-billion order flow of high yield securities in fixed income capital markets
• Vet offerings and pitch trade ideas to the company’s portfolio management clients based on a deep understanding of mandate suitability
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the dealer community in order to support access to secondary market liquidity and primary market deal flow
• Identify relationships across markets and pitch potential trade opportunities that arise as a result
• Manage business development for the expansion of services to existing clients and procuring new clients
• Pro-actively communicates regularly with clients in an effort to manage expectations and help ensure client satisfaction
• Continually develop relationships with existing Wall Street sales, trading and syndicate desks
• Maintain and grow existing accounts and identify new key accounts
• Work closely with other trading teams to ensure implementation of best practices
• Manage risk in accordance with the Company’s desk policy

Qualifications:

• Must have Active Series 7 and 63 license
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant high yield experience
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong quantitative and financial technology skills (Bloomberg, Excel, etc.)
• Detail-oriented and ability to juggle multiple tasks effectively
• Demonstrates sound judgment and ability to work independently

To apply for this position, please forward a copy of your resume to cau@cabreracapital.com

Position: Investment Banking Analyst

Location: Los Angeles, California

About the Position:

Cabrera Capital Markets is seeking an Analyst in our Los Angeles office to support the Public Finance Associates and Bankers both in California and all other CCM offices.  The Analyst performs a critical role in the Investment Banking process by assisting with preparation of documents helpful in client solicitation as well as documents and information needed for the origination of Municipal debt securities sold to finance projects such as municipal facilities, housing, healthcare, education, transportation or public utility. This may include working with Associates and Bankers to assist with conducting a thorough financial analysis of the project, preparing cash flow analysis, performing research, financial forecasting, assisting in the preparation of the Official Statements and other documents related to the offering. The Analyst also will assist with the solicitation of ratings and bond insurance for transactions.  Additionally, the Analyst is responsible for gathering information to complete various Requests For Proposals (RFP)/Requests for Information (RFI).

Cabrera Capital has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

New Grads are encouraged to apply.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Effectively support Associate & Bankers as they solicit business from prospective clients
• Efficiently creates and prepares presentations for client meetings and deal support
• Provides analytical support (i.e. DBC number runs)
• Creatively develops financial models which may aid banking coverage
• Competently provides information including financial forecasting, cash flow analysis, summary of research to Associates and Bankers
• Conducts thorough research of various municipalities
• Pro-actively provides status updates with appropriate individual(s)
• Carefully completes various RFP’s/RFI’s by the deadline date
• Accurately enters client data into Cabrera databases
• Committed to satisfying internal and external clients
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• SIE, 52 and Series 63 required or within 90 days of hire
• Advanced analytical skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be self-motivated and possess strong time management skills
• Proficiency Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.

To apply for this position, please forward a copy of your resume to cau@cabreracapital.com.

Position: Equity Trade Support

Location: Chicago, Illinois

About the Position:

Cabrera Capital Markets has an exciting opportunity within its rapidly growing Global Equities division.  The Equity Trade Support role will work within the functional crossroads of trading, operations, technology, vendors & clients. The successful candidate will demonstrate a working knowledge of trading technology and workflow, willingness to learn, technical aptitude and the ability to work as a team while operating under strict time constraints.  The trade support position is designed to expose the candidate to all aspects of an institutional brokerage firm, allowing the candidate access to multiple career paths, including but not limited to equity trading. The ability to demonstrate critical thinking and make decisions on the fly is essential to success. In this role, you will “learn by doing” and will be a critical component to the success of the Global Equity team.  Travel is expected to be up to 25% and hours may vary.

As Cabrera Capital has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist and support the equity trading desk daily
• Serve as a liaison between Operations, technology & trading
• Support Operations by allocating trades and sending client confirmations
• Interact directly with vendors and brokerage partners
• Coordinate and prepare daily trading and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) performance reports for clients
• Assist in setting up of new trading accounts and FIX connections
• Develop and produce content for marketing and sales presentation materials
• Run end of day trading files and execution recap

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-3 years of previous related experience preferred
• Must obtain FINRA licenses in the future as needed
• Self-starter willing to take on new challenges in a fast paced highly competitive environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must possess the highest level of integrity, strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Must be a team player and be able to work cohesively with management, colleagues, and staff
• Prior experience supporting an equity trade desk and knowledge of trade workflow preferred
• Proficient computer skills using various electronic trading systems and algorithmic trading platforms
• Knowledge and proficiency with FIX protocol 4.2 and 4.4 considered beneficial
• Willingness and ability to occasionally work overnight to support Asia or European trading
• Serve as primary point of contact with our Order Management System (OMS) vendor
• Knowledge and experience of middle and back-office equity functions preferred

To apply for this position, please forward a copy of your resume to cau@cabreracapital.com.