Equity Dealer

Role Purpose:

To manage and execute proprietary equity trades for the organization's own book, generating consistent risk-adjusted returns within board-approved limits and the internal investment policy, while maintaining the highest standards of compliance, risk discipline, and operational accuracy in a treasury environment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Trading & Portfolio Management:

• Execute proprietary trades in the equity cash and derivatives (F&O) segments on NSE/BSE in line with the approved investment policy and sanctioned limits.
• Manage the equity trading and investment portfolio end-to-end: idea generation, position sizing, entry/exit execution, hedging using index and stock derivatives and cash-futures arbitrage.

2. Market Analysis & Strategy:

• Track factors impacting equity markets on macro and micro levels on a continuous basis.
• Develop and articulate daily market views, trade rationales, and strategy notes for the Treasury Head and Investment Committee.
• Evaluate new instruments, strategies, and systems for the equity desk and present recommendations to management.

3. Risk Management & Compliance:

• Operate strictly within applicable RBI guidelines, SEBI regulations, exchange rules, and the internal investment and risk policy.
• Adhere to all desk-level risk limits - VaR, stop-loss, drawdown, single-stock, sector, and gross/net exposure limits - and escalate breaches to Risk Management immediately.
• Comply fully with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations and the company's code of conduct for personal and proprietary trading.
• Maintain complete deal records, blotters, and audit trails; support internal, concurrent, statutory, and regulatory audits and inspections.

Required Qualifications:

• Post Graduate in Commerce, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, MBA or a related discipline from a recognized university.
• NISM Series VIII - Equity Derivatives certification (mandatory).
• Minimum 5-7 years of equity dealing/trading experience with a bank treasury, financial institution, NBFC, AIF/PMS, or institutional broking desk.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience executing trades in the equity cash and derivatives (F&O) segments on NSE/BSE.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Professional qualifications such as CFA (CFA Institute), CA (ICAI), or CMT (Chartered Market Technician, CMT Association), FRM (GARP).

Competencies:

• Strong understanding of Indian equity markets, derivatives pricing, arbitrage strategies, and settlement mechanisms.
• Working knowledge of applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Proficiency in trading terminals, Bloomberg/Reuters etc., and Excel-based analytics; familiarity with treasury systems is a plus.
• Exposure to portfolio hedging, index arbitrage, and event-driven strategies.