Institutional Equity Sales Trader

Company : Roth Capital Partners

Job Description - Institutional Equity Sales Trader

Roth Canada is Growing!

Institutional Equity Sales Trader, Canada

Roth Canada
Roth Canada is expanding its institutional trading platform and seeking Canadian Sales Trading professionals to build and lead the firm’s institutional trading franchise.

Since launching in Canada in 2021, Roth Canada has participated in more than 90 capital markets transactions representing over $3.5 billion in transaction value, including 10 lead or co-lead mandates. Today we operate offices in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto, connecting Canadian issuers and investors to Roth Capital’s global institutional network.

This role is designed for a sales trading professional with strong institutional relationships and a proven ability to generate and manage flow, who wants to build and lead a growing trading desk within a cross-border investment banking platform.

The Platform
Roth Canada is the Canadian affiliate of Roth Capital Partners, one of the most active small and mid-cap investment banks in the United States.
The Roth platform includes:

2,000+ institutional investor relationships globally
430+ companies under research coverage
One of the largest corporate access conference platforms in North America
$66B+ of capital markets transaction value over the past five years

This ecosystem provides Canadian trading professionals with direct access to US institutional investors and cross-border trading opportunities, creating a differentiated platform for executing and monetizing institutional flow.

The Opportunity
Roth Canada is building a fully integrated institutional trading capability to complement its growing investment banking and corporate advisory platform.

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the desk and driving institutional trading revenue, including:

Developing and leading Roth Canada’s institutional sales trading effort
Monetizing relationships with Canadian and global institutional investors
Partnering with investment banking and research teams to support capital markets transactions
Leveraging Roth Capital’s US distribution network to expand trading flow
Participating in block trades, marketed offerings, and secondary market liquidity events
Helping shape the strategy and growth of Roth Canada’s institutional trading platform

This role offers the opportunity to build a franchise within a rapidly growing cross-border investment bank, with significant autonomy and commercial upside.

The trading desk operates on an agency basis with the ability to facilitate block trades and capital markets transactions in partnership with Roth Capital’s US trading platform.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead Roth Canada’s institutional sales trading platform
Generate and manage institutional trading flow across Canadian and global asset managers
Collaborate with investment banking teams to support capital markets transactions and investor distribution
Work closely with research to deliver differentiated investment ideas and market insights to clients
Develop and deepen relationships with hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and asset managers
Identify liquidity opportunities including block trades, secondaries, and special situations
Expand Roth Canada’s institutional trading footprint both domestically and internationally

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in institutional sales trading or equity sales at a leading broker-dealer
Established relationships with institutional investors across Canada and/or the United States
Demonstrated ability to generate trading commissions and monetize institutional flow
Strong understanding of equity market structure, capital markets transactions, and liquidity dynamics
Leadership experience or demonstrated ability to help build and scale a trading platform
CIRO registration required; FINRA Series 7 considered an asset

Compensation
Roth Canada offers a competitive, production-based compensation structure aligned with trading revenue generation and capital markets participation.

This role provides the opportunity to benefit from direct revenue attribution and the ability to scale trading activity through Roth Capital’s US institutional investor network.

Why Roth Canada
For experienced sales trading professionals, Roth Canada offers a differentiated platform:

Access to one of the largest small-cap institutional investor ecosystems in North America
Participation in active cross-border capital markets activity
The opportunity to build and lead a growing institutional trading franchise
Direct collaboration with investment banking teams executing transactions across North America

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ROTH Capital Partners, LLC is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and their investors.

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