[Infowarrior] - Google Is Hiring Bond Traders

[Richard Forno]

Google Is Hiring Bond Traders

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-builds-bond-trading-desk-in-bid-to-make-money-off-of-cash-reserves-2010-3

Google is hiring traders for its new bond trading platform, according  
to published advertisements on its job site.
Currently, roles include trader of foreign government bonds, portfolio  
analyst for Google's U.S. government bond portfolio, and a portfolio  
analyst for agency mortgage-backed securities.

All of the roles are at Google's Mountain View facility.

A source who interviewed for one of the positions said that this was a  
means for Google (GOOG) to make use of its large cash reserves.

Google has long discussed using its access to massive amounts of data  
to build a hedge fund.

Here's the full listing:

Trader, Foreign Government Bonds - Mountain View
This position is based in Mountain View, CA

The area: Finance
Google's Tax and Treasury teams consist of strong, creative performers  
with deep expertise in their respective fields. We contribute to our  
company's growing global success by dealing with challenging issues  
and concepts and then applying them to rapidly evolving business  
models. In Treasury, we provide funding, risk management and  
mitigation support as well as investment oversight. The Tax group is  
responsible for global tax planning and compliance, defending the  
company in tax audits, and ensuring that the company accurately  
reports its tax matters in public filings.

The role: Trader, Foreign Government Bonds
This position involves executing trades for foreign government bond  
portfolios and maintaining those portfolios. This role also involves  
financial model building and the construction of tools to enhance  
performance and portfolio construction, as well as interaction with  
the sell-side team, portfolio managers, portfolio management team,  
trading operations team, other traders, and senior management.

Responsibilites:
	• Execute trades for foreign government bond portfolio and construct/ 
maintain multi-country portfolios that are within risk tolerances and  
constraints
	• Interact with sell-side to stay current on market trends and  
interact with portfolio managers to enhance quantitative models
	• Develop performance tools to ensure performance attribution,  
develop portfolio construction and trading tools, and develop tools to  
assist in the valuation of the rates products
	• Deal with day to day administrative issues in support of trading  
activities and report monthly to senior management
	• Drive valuation-related initiatives and identify investment  
opportunities, as well as enhance price-testing, reporting, and  
valuation risk control processes
Requirements:
	• BS/BA or equivalent experience in Finance, economics, mathematics,  
statistics, or engineering; CFA (or on CFA track) preferred
	• At least 5 years of relevant experience trading government bond  
portfolios, willingness to work market trading hours while in Pacific  
time zone
	• Strong analytical, quantitative, and financial modeling skills,  
strong verbal and written communication skills
	• Excellent with Excel and Power Point, as well as skilled at  
Bloomberg & trading/portfolio systems (e.g. yield book)
	• Familiarity with corporate investment accounting a plus
	• Has a good sense of humor