Who are we?
FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever- evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
Location: New York City - Hybrid (4-days a week)
As a Credit Associate, you will play a pivotal role in bridging the credit team with our customers, prospects, and internal teams to achieve significant outcomes and drive exponential growth within our credit business. This junior role requires a versatile professional with an entrepreneurial mindset and a background in credit markets, investment banking, or crypto credit roles. You will support and lead mission-critical projects in a dynamic and rapidly evolving ecosystem.
Core Role Responsibilities:
- Research Analysis: Institutional credit lending and trading credit, book trading, institutional sales, and current DeFi/Crypto market trends.
- Scaling our Book of Business: Assist senior sales and credit team members with credit trading, booking trades, and reconciling discrepancies.
- Project management: Valuable connector, bridging gaps and facilitating communication and collaboration within the organization to remove roadblocks and keep projects on target.
You will thrive in this role if you:
- Are a Difference Maker: FalconX embraces the culture of making a dent in the world. You will have the platform to push change and drive outcomes.
- Have an Entrepreneurial Spirit: Context switching is key, and possessing a wide variety of skillsets will be crucial to the success in this role.
- Are a Team Player: Efficiently work with internal and external stakeholders to impact deliverables and drive outcomes through relationship building and teamwork.
- Communicate Effectively: Skillfully provide the wider organization with a awareness of the credit team’s priorities and timelines
- Actively Engage in Market Intelligence: Continuously monitor market conditions, news, and economic indicators that could impact credit markets.
- Curious and Passionate: Spend your free time interacting with and exploring new DeFi protocols.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, investment banking, risk, trading, or credit analytics, with a bonus for having a mix of traditional finance and crypto experience
- An ability to balance multiple projects that require various skills such as credit modeling, creating presentations, project management, answering DDQs, and working with internal stakeholders to help build out a robust credit desk.
- Previous experience and understanding of both institutional crypto markets and DeFi. Previous experience at a best in class institutional crypto firm is preferred.
- Strong understanding of financial modeling. Experience building both traditional finance and crypto specific financial models from scratch is preferred.
- Robust skills in Excel, Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Google Slides are a must.
- Concise, influential, and authentic communicator both verbally and in written communication.
- High gear operator who does not take no for an answer.
- Superb judgment and integrity, unparalleled confidentiality, and sophistication in all aspects of work.
- Ability to work with internal teams to streamline internal processes and improve efficiency in deal execution.
Nice to haves:
- Have an interest and/or experience with credit markets.
Compensation
Base pay for this role is expected to be between $144,000 and $160,000 USD. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as skillset, experience, and qualifications.
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Inclusivity Statement
FalconX is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and safe workspace for all people. Our roles are intended for people from all walks of life. We encourage all those interested in applying to our organization to submit an application regardless if you are missing some of the listed background requirements, skills, or experiences!
As part of our commitment to inclusivity, FalconX would like to acknowledge that the EEOC survey has limited potential responses that you can select. For legal reasons, FalconX must use this language to align with federal requirements, however, we want to ensure that you are able to provide a response to our own voluntary survey questions about your identity that best aligns with your most true self.
FalconX is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on FalconX. Please inform FalconX’s People team at [email protected], if you need assistance with participating in the application process.
What We Do
FalconX is a digital asset trading platform that provides clients fast, secure and reliable execution using data science to eliminate slippage and hidden fees.
We’re fortunate to be backed by a wide range of investors including: Accel, Fidelity, B-Capital, Tiger Global, Accomplice, Coinbase, Fenbushi Capital, Flybridge Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others.
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