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Bloomberg Equity Derivatives Market Specialist - Financial Solutions in New York, New York

Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, news and insight, and we use innovative technology to deliver trusted data and bring transparency to the financial markets. Our customers around the globe rely on us for the information and tools they need to make critical investment decisions and remain connected across all sides of the financial community. And, to ensure the best experience for our 20,000+ employees across 176 offices globally, we provide the spaces and systems that allow our teams to work together with agility, productivity and collaboration, no matter where they are.

The Bloomberg Financial Solutions department of 5,000+ employees is at the forefront of ensuring success for our customers and employees alike. Our team comprises several key pillars: sales, service, operations, culture and brand. As a department, we are united by a common goal: We create meaningful relationships with clients by understanding their needs and delivering exceptional end-to-end support from sales and implementation, through their ongoing relationship with Bloomberg.

Our Team

The Market Specialist team within Financial Solutions serves as the financial market and workflow experts at Bloomberg. The team has deep asset class knowledge, deep understanding of client workflows and Bloomberg's product offerings. This is a client-facing, sales focused role, collaborating closely with various departments across Sales and Product teams to build and implement strategies to retain, maintain, and grow revenue. Engagement with key financial players across the front, middle and back-office are vital in this role. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter, comfortable in a demanding, client focused environment.

What's the role?

As a Market Specialist, you will leverage your extensive experience to drive growth and change at Bloomberg, the global leader in business and financial analytics, news, and data.

Comprised of former traders, salespeople, portfolio managers, analysts, and more, our team within Bloomberg Financial Solutions serves as the de facto asset class experts at Bloomberg! By engaging with our clients and collaborating closely across our Sales and Product teams, we build and execute on strategies to impact revenue and advance Bloomberg forward.

We'll trust you to:

  • Leverage your strong market and quantitative knowledge in concert with Bloomberg’s product and sales teams to maintain and generate revenue across our Terminal franchise and our wide range of enterprise businesses, such as data, electronic trading, index, order management, and portfolio risk & analytics

  • Understand market dynamics, trends and regulations and the impact of these on our clients to help determine Bloomberg’s strategic direction

  • Build and maintain influential relationships with senior-level contacts and decision makers

  • Direct engagement with clients to identify their needs and translate our solutions into business opportunities

  • Develop and implement new business initiatives and campaigns to drive commercial impact

  • Provide concrete feedback and expertise to business managers to help shape the direction of our products

  • Educate internal partners on the dynamics, products, and workflows within your market of focus

  • Be the face of your asset class at Bloomberg both internally and externally by leading trainings, running campaigns, and speaking at events

You'll need to have:

  • 10+ years of practical equity derivatives and/or equity market experience

  • Proficiency with the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service, and familiarity with other relevant market information platforms

  • Experience in Python and/or Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) is preferred

  • A collaborative approach and ability to operate within departmental and company-wide initiatives in a non-hierarchical structure without corporate titles

  • Strong presentation and training skills with the ability to convey sophisticated ideas and solutions in a simple and concise way to audiences both large and small

  • Excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to influence decisions and deliver results in a timely manner

  • Willingness to travel in continental North America

We'd love to see:

  • An extensive network of deep client relationships

  • Experience with a range of financial data and analysis platforms and applications

What’s It Like To Work Here?

We work hard. We are ambitious and set ourselves tough business goals. We are a meritocracy where everyone has a voice - not a job title. Working with people you trust, respect, and can collaborate with is more important than titles or position. Things move fast, and we want people who will enjoy working in this environment and feed off the energy. But it isn’t all about work. Giving back is one of our core values, and there are many ways to get involved in philanthropic initiatives from helping local school kids with their reading to helping clean up local parks and waterways.

Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Bloomberg is a disability inclusive employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email amer_recruit@bloomberg.net

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