Associate - Rates, FX and Commodities Strategy

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

TD Securities

Pay Details:

$110,000 - $120,000 CAD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

TD Securities is one of Canada's most active dealers in Debt, Equity and Commodity products. Our Sales and Trading business deals on a daily basis with institutional investors, corporations, central banks and governments worldwide in the trading and sale of outstanding and new issue products.

TD Securities' product specialization is made stronger by its integrated approach and client focus. Teams of product specialists operating in Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Asset Securitization, Government and Corporate Debt, Commodity products and Equities often work across product lines in structuring and executing customized client solutions.

Our strategists and salespeople are recognized leaders who display professionalism and integrity. They understand their clients' portfolios and trading styles. Additionally, our trading and strategist teams have built a strong reputation for quality by providing profitable trading ideas and effective, timely execution.

Within Sales and Trading, our Rates, FX and Commodity Strategy team has a talented and dedicated set of individuals providing research and strategic advice to internal and external clients across a wide set of global industries and institutions, where we strive to create value for our clients by helping them meet their objectives. We also offer advisory and analytical support to institutional investors ranging from hedge funds to real money managers, whose make sophisticated demands on our research and analytics capabilities.

This group of talented professionals bring a broad range of experience and skill garnered in a variety of occupations and environments to TD Securities. Our core group of macro strategists generate macro, top-down strategies, bringing experience from finance ministries, central banks and supra-national agencies. Our market strategists' take our top-down views and render profitable investment opportunities to clients. Their expertise is built on years of experience in global investment banking and/or portfolio management at world-class institutional investors.

Our team covers the investment world from Toronto, London, New York, Houston, Calgary, Dublin and Singapore, and the sun never sets on our research activity to deliver investment advisory services that are among the best in the world.

At TD Securities, we believe that diversity is the key to our success in the competitive global marketplaces and we embrace people with a wide range or unique experiences and abilities.

Role Description:

Provide quantitative, analytical and publishing support for the Head of Commodity Strategy and Commodity Strategy team.

This includes (but not limited to):

• Edit/format/create/publish documents and charts, incorporating charts and tables.
• Managing commodity supply/demand and trading models in Python, Excel, Eviews and Excel-VBA environments.
• Modelling markets and behaviors
• Understanding of commodity, FX, equity and fixed income markets.
• Understand broad macroeconomics, monetary policy dynamics and the relationship between macro environment and market pricing.
• Strong writing and verbal communications skills for publications, trading ideas, industry studies and client interactions.
• Obtain and manipulate data from various databases such as Bloomberg, Haver Analytics, Reuters and Industry Sources, to use for creating systematic strategies and creating economic and market risk indices.

Job Requirements:

• Working knowledge of Python, and preparedness to upgrade existing skills
• Skills in other programming languages would be an asset.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and VBA for Excel.
• Experience with Bloomberg, Eviews, other econometric packages would be an asset.
• A keen eye for accuracy and detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
  Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a highly challenging environment, in a cooperative team environment.

Additional Information

• A graduate degree or equivalent relevant experience in Economics or Finance.
• Previous energy and commodity market experience would be an asset

Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:

We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process

We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet