Resumé (2 page)

Spencer Van Zijl
PA, 17055  |

Objective:

A well experienced, highly skilled, strategic and analytical orientated professional, with more than 10 years of stock broking and trading experience including retail and private client securities trading, seeking a proprietary trading position in a dynamic "prop" trading firm or hedge fund.

Skills
Technically analytical
Systems orientated
Risk management
Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate in a clear and 
understandable manner to a diverse clientele.
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with management, colleagues and 
clients in a purposeful, respectful and conscientious manner.
Well developed ability to organize inventory, paperwork (prescriptions, daily logs etc.) and 
establish systems to streamline and improve workflow.
Ability to prioritize and analyze problematic work situations and make decisions to 
best address problems.
Worked with several technical, analytical and trade specific software programs, technical 
analysis systems and related securities trading software.
Strong leadership and supervisory skills.

Professional Experience:
Liaison with clients
Providing professional opinions on shares, trading of shares on personal and client accounts
Ensuring that orders are executed correctly according to instruction and/or strategy
Reporting on transactions once orders have been confirmed. 
Ensuring that all orders are within margin requirements and client account limits.
Researching of listed companies stock and generating trading ideas.
Management, supervision of staff
Facilitating and executing of training clients and client groups.
Assuring compliance to all relevant rules, regulation and governing bodies
Compliance to all company protocols
Managing and controlling expenses, reviewing of sales, trading and brokerage figures.

Employment history
2014 - Present
Faulkner Automotive Group - Nissan - Finance Manager

Faulkner Automotive Group - Subaru - Sales

2016 to Present
Automated/ Robotic FX Trading
Private

2013 to 2014
A "Fortune 500 company" 
Shift Supervisor
 
2012 to Present
Trader
Quasar Trading, LLC
(Previously Legend Trading, LLC)
Proprietary Trader

2008 to 2012
Stock Broker: BoE Private Clients/ BoE Stockbrokers (Subsidiary of Nedbank Group Ltd. South Africa)
2007 to 2008
CMS: (Consolidated Monetary Services)
Property Portfolio Manager

2004 to 2007
Auction Alliance:
Business Development Manager/Marketing Manager)

2001 to 2003
Secured Investments Trust: 
Co Trustee

1998 to 2003
Penta Securities:
Stock Broker – Dealer

1997 to 1998
Mellet Construction
General Manager

Education:
Bachelor of Economics 1997, University of the Free State, South Africa.
Majors: Economics, Business Management and Money & Banking

Certifications

FINRA - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
              Series 56: Proprietary Traders Examination
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
           • Registered Securities Trader
South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM)
           • Equity Market
Currency Derivatives Market (Trader)
Futures Market
Bond Market (Compliance)

References:
Chris Maree
Consolidated Monetary Services (CMS)
Tel: +27 (0) 51 447 4055

Deon Goosen
BoE Regional business development manager
Tel: +27 (0) 12 470 6436

Donald Rogan
BoE Head of Stockbroking
Tel: +27 (0) 11 295 8546
E-mail: DonaldRo@BoE.co.za