Stifel in Europe is a full-service investment bank that offers a full range of bulge bracket financial services to middle market clients. Our core services include Corporate Finance, Equities Research, Sales & Trading, Fixed Income and Capital Solutions. Our parent company, Stifel Financial Corp. is listed on NYSE with a market capitalization of around $9bn. The group has more than 9,000 employees, of which over 600 are based in Europe. We operate out of seven offices across five countries, with headquarters in London and Frankfurt, and offices in Paris, Milan, Munich, Zurich and Geneva. Find out more about us on our website: www.stifeleurope.com.
We are looking for a full time Institutional Equity Sales Trader (m/f/x) to join our team in Frankfurt.
At Stifel, you have the opportunity to actively shape your career in a successful and dynamically growing international bank. We offer an excellent working climate with performance-based compensation in line with market standards. Flat hierarchies, direct communication and autonomous work characterize our dynamic, global team that is present in major financial centers throughout Europe and the US.
As a valuable team member, your responsibilities include:
- Establishing and maintaining business relationships with German and European institutional clients of STIFEL in Europe
- Your focus will be the sales trading and sales expansion of the STIFEL US equities product into the German/European client base
- Ideally you will bring in existing and established client relationships which you are able to manage and to monetize
- Proactive generating and executing trading ideas by a direct client approach
- Generation and execution of client orders
- Daily support of the client trading desks
- Sourcing and distributing of market information
- Preparation and distribution of daily market reports including Morning Mails and intraday comments on news incl. evaluation of potential market impact of news etc.
- You will be part of a team of sales traders based in Frankfurt and dedicated to the distribution of the bank’s trading product High- and Low-Touch as well as European and US stocks
- This job includes a back-up and interims coverage of our US equity product’s sales trading live hours for a few weeks a year
Your profile and skill set:
- Academic degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or other relevant degree programs
- A passion for equities
- Ideally a minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in an equivalent role in an investment bank or broker
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Focused on top-quality service
- Excellent language skills in German and English, further language skills would be an advantage
- Intercultural competence, strong communication and presentation skills
- Ability to multi-task, high stress resistance to be able to cope with high workload in a fast-paced environment
Benefits:
- Qualification programs
- BVV retirement provision
- Health initiatives
- In-house fitness room
- In-house high quality canteen incl. meal allowance
Please apply with cover letter, CV and references, including your desired starting date
In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our HR Team via e-mail stea.hr@stifel.com.
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