VP/SVP Senior High-Touch Equity Sales Trader – Canadian Equities

Jefferies
Toronto
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Interpersonal skills","Client relationship building","Judgment","Discretion","Self-motivation","Entrepreneurial mindset"]

Build and grow Jefferies’ Canadian high-touch equities execution business in Toronto, serving institutional clients with best execution, discretion, and market-impact management. Execute complex order types, provide real-time market color and liquidity insights, and continuously monitor Canadian market and corporate-action developments. Partner with sales, trading, research, and electronic trading teams while upholding rigorous risk, compliance, and information barrier protocols, serving as a senior subject matter expert.

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VP/SVP Senior High-Touch Equity Sales Trader – Canadian Equities

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Job Summary

Build and grow Jefferies’ Canadian high-touch equities execution business in Toronto, serving institutional clients with best execution, discretion, and market-impact management. Execute complex order types, provide real-time market color and liquidity insights, and continuously monitor Canadian market and corporate-action developments. Partner with sales, trading, research, and electronic trading teams while upholding rigorous risk, compliance, and information barrier protocols, serving as a senior subject matter expert.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead high-touch execution of Canadian equities and Canadian-domiciled securities from Toronto.
  • •Execute institutional client orders across all market conditions with focus on best execution, discretion, and market impact management.
  • •Provide clients with real-time market color, liquidity insights, sector intelligence, and execution strategy.
  • •Manage complex order types including block trades, portfolio trades, VWAP/participation strategies, and urgent executions.
  • •Help establish and lead the firm’s high-touch Canadian equities execution platform while maintaining risk management, compliance, and information barrier protocols.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of experience in high-touch equity sales trading, preferably with exposure to Canadian equities.
  • •Strong understanding of Canadian equity market structure, trading venues (TSX, TSX-V, CSE), liquidity dynamics, and sector composition.
  • •Proven ability to execute large, complex, and sensitive institutional orders with strong judgment and discretion.
  • •Deep knowledge of execution strategies, order types, market impact analysis, and best execution principles.
  • •Series 7, Series 63, or equivalent Canadian securities licenses (or ability to obtain) and a bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, or related field.
Education:Bachelor's in finance, Economics, Business, or related field
Skills:CommunicationInterpersonal skillsClient relationship buildingJudgmentDiscretionSelf-motivationEntrepreneurial mindset
Licenses:Series 7Series 63

Company Brief

Jefferies
Global investment banking and capital markets firm providing advisory, underwriting, trading, research, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and institutional investors.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1962
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