Institutional Sales Trader – Italian or German Speaking

The role

This role combines trading, technology and relationship management. You will develop and manage relationships with institutional investors and ETF stakeholders to grow the European OTC business.

What you will do

• Develop and manage relationships with institutional investors, ETF issuers and other ETF stakeholders across Europe.
• Onboard clients and provide market colour, liquidity insights and pre- and post-trade analysis.
• Manage client orders throughout the execution lifecycle.
• Work with principal traders and algorithmic execution of orders.
• Identify execution strategies and solutions that meet clients' needs.
• Identify new areas of growth.
• Grow and elevate the European OTC business.

Required qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in institutional sales, sales trading or capital markets.
• Experience developing and managing relationships with institutional investors.
• Fluency in English and either Italian or German is essential.
• Strong knowledge of ETFs, European equity markets, market structure, liquidity and execution strategies.
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical ability and risk awareness.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and organisational skills.
• A proactive, collaborative and entrepreneurial approach.

Nice to have

• Additional European languages are advantageous.

About the company

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients.