Cabrera Capital Careers

Position: Trading Operations

Location: Chicago, IL

Cabrera Capital Markets is an investment bank and full-service institutional brokerage firm with eight offices throughout the country. Cabrera provides a range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes financial institutions, unions, governments, corporations, hedge funds and foundations/endowments.

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 hr@cabreracapital.com. Thank you.

Position: Investment Grade Sales Trader

Location: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles

Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC is an investment bank and full service institutional brokerage firm with 8 offices throughout the country. Cabrera provides a range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes financial institutions, unions, governments, corporations, hedge funds and foundations/endowments. Cabrera Capital Markets is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).

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 hr@cabreracapital.com. Thank you.

Department/Division: Corporate Finance

Reports To: Managing Director

Travel Required: 40%

Position Summary & Purpose

Investment banking and corporate finance professional with an emphasis on debt capital markets with over eight years of experience in originating, structuring, executing and managing transaction for corporate clients.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Fluent in foreign languages due to global exposure

Required Licenses & Certificates

• Series 7
• Series 63
• Series 79

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and originate transactions debt offerings
• Analyze client’s financials to provide debt presentation offerings and strategic financial solutions
• Manage all aspects of client’s debt offerings
• Advise private and public companies on debt capital raising
• Source debt financing for corporate clients
• Evaluate clients overall business plan
• Develop marketing strategy and financial strategy for clients debt capital raising
• Analyze clients financials and provide comprehensive presentation offering strategic financial (business) solutions
• Manage all aspects of debt capital transactions
• Work with management to grow and improve debt capital markets capabilities
• Responsible for debt offerings origination and coverage
• Responsible for ongoing analysis of clients debt funding needs
• Develop marketing and financial strategy and presentations before, during and after a debt offering
• All other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements

• Advanced Knowledge of Excel

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

About the Position:

Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC is an investment bank and full service institutional brokerage firm with 8 offices throughout the country. Cabrera provides a range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes financial institutions, unions, governments, corporations, hedge funds and foundations/endowments. Cabrera Capital Markets is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).

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

About the Position:

Seeking experienced Senior Bankers with existing relationships to expand Cabrera Capital Markets’ participation in negotiated municipal new issues in the Midwest, Northeast or West Coast regions.

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for maintaining and procuring key relationships for municipal new issue assignments as senior manager or co-manager
• Cultivate client relationships by providing relevant and innovative ideas and recommendations to issuers for capital plans, new issue structures and budget solutions
• Oversee new issue transaction execution including documentation, pricing, presentations to investors and rating agencies, and deal closing
• Work closely with the underwriting, sales and trading team to ensure seamless transaction execution
• Review RFP responses, pitch books and client presentations for accuracy and appropriateness
• Attend various events during non-business hours on behalf of Cabrera to network and cultivate business relationships
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of Public Finance Investment Banking experience
• Series 7 and 63
• Must possess a high level of motivation, initiative, goal-orientation and leadership
• Strong professional communication, inter-personal skills, and the ability to succinctly express complex ideas verbally and in writing
• Proficiency in managing multiple projects effectively in a timely manner with attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

About the Position:

We are seeking a first year Analyst to provide support to the Corporate Finance Associates and Bankers both within the Corporate office 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 during the execution of various types of transactions.  The Analyst will work with Associates and Bankers to assist with conducting a thorough financial analysis of companies, preparing cash flow analysis, performing research, financial forecasting, and assisting in the preparation of all documentation related to a potential transaction. The Analyst may be tasked with the formulation of financial reports based on shared private and public information, inclusive of the prospective business’s company revenue, staff resources assessments, and general due diligence.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Effectively support Associate & Bankers daily
• Efficiently creates and prepares presentations for client meetings and deal support
• Provides analytical support
• Creatively develops financial models which may aid banking coverage
• Competently provides information including financial forecasting, cash flow analysis, summary of research and bond ratings to Associates and Bankers
• Conducts thorough research for various type of companies
• Pro-actively provides status updates with appropriate individual(s)
• Accurately enters client data into Cabrera databases
• Committed to satisfying internal and external customers
• All other duties as assigned

Education, Work Experience and Licenses:

• Bachelor’s degree, Finance major preferred
• An internship or 3 to 6 months experience in Capital Markets or M&A is preferred
• Securities Industry Exam, Series 79, Series 7, and Series 63 required or within 90 days of hire

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements:

• Advance analytical skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Possess strong time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize projects to meet simultaneous, multiple deadlines
• Team player with the ability to work cohesively with colleagues
• Self-motivated and works well under pressure
• Possess pro-active follow-up skills
• Able to effectively work in a fast paced, intense environment
• Must be comfortable dealing with all levels of employees
• Knowledge of Bloomberg Platform is a plus
• Advanced proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.