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Join our Equity Finance business as a Synthetic Equity Trader. As part of a successful and highly supportive team, you’ll help drive sustained business growth and increased profitability for Macquarie in Asia.

While Macquarie offers hybrid working for many of our roles, this role does require 5 days a week in our office location. #LI-Onsite

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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You will trade various products, including equity swaps, p-notes, equities, futures and FX (spot and forward), across 11 regional markets. You will have ownership for the full trade lifecycle from pricing through to execution, post-trade management and P&L attribution.

You will be responsible for external relationships, including sell-side banks, brokers, intermediaries and asset owners, and drive positive commercial outcomes through originating, structuring and executing on trade ideas. Effective risk and control management is crucial in this role so you will work to ensure trading risks are foreseen, managed and escalated within the group framework.

What you offer

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• 7+ years of experience, including time in an equities trading role
• Detailed understanding of Asian equity markets including exchange rules, securities lending and short-sell regulations
• Strong swaps knowledge of product structure, lifecycle events, margining, funding and capital requirements
• Coding and Asian language capabilities would be an advantage.

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What we offer

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At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• 1 wellbeing leave day and 5 additional paid Flexi-Leave days per year
• 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including comprehensive medical and life insurance cover and additional flexible wellbeing credits and access to the Rental Reimbursement Program
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Commodities and Global Markets

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Commodities and Global Markets is a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics solutions to its diverse client base across Commodities, Financial Markets and Asset Finance.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.