Trader, Sales
- Full-time
- Business Segment: Corporate & Investment Banking
Job Description
To structure, competitively price and risk manage transactions with limited guidance, to generate positive revenue and contribute towards the trading desk profit.
Role Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the interaction between sales and the trading desks in AR, and research to allow for conversation and bi-lateral learning that will allow for the integration of different views, insights, and strategies to come up with tradeable, opportunistic possibilities that can be presented to clients as value-added insights.
- Adopt and apply a nimble mindset that allows for the integration of information from different sources to draw unique and value-adding conclusions that will guide sales, trading desks.
- Analyse and interpret client data in AR through quantifiable financial modelling to identify opportunities and risks to offer differentiated value propositions to clients within a variety of target markets.
- Working with Africa Strategist to Analyse, integrate, and share value-adding research to provide AR clients with insightful and relevant information.
- Apply quantitative skills to analyze, critically evaluate, and interpret macro-economic indicators for the purpose of quantifying risks and providing insights to sales, trading desks, and research.
- Build and sustain global stakeholder relationships by demonstrating sound business acumen and market awareness.
- Catalyze conversation across all AR global markets and research to identify and discuss emerging markets and investable opportunities and risks.
- Communicate and interact with cross-functional teams to influence and optimize overall performance and effectiveness across divisions and sub-divisions.
- Communicate effectively while expressing complex trading, investment, sales, or financial strategies in an organized and eloquent manner to inform business decisions within global markets.
- Communicate trading and business risks efficiently across global markets to optimize clients’ solutions and performance.
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of financial risk management and how the identified risks affect product offerings and tailored solutions provided to clients.
- Working with research and sales teams, directly communicate and liaise with policy makers to gain a deep understanding of possible investable opportunities or risks.
- Drive fit-for-purpose products across the product lifecycle/value chain for the AR client base in line with overall SBG strategy and changing macro-economic market needs to ensure financial viability, sensible risk management, and to remain competitive across the trading footprint/geographies.
- Engage in and guide discussions with sales, trading desks, and research to break down the existing silos and barriers across and within each business
- Engage with all the different trading and sales desks in AR to build close relationships that allow for discussions and bi-lateral transfer of learning related but not limited to trading views, insights, directionality of the market, and possible investable opportunities.
- Engage with key global stakeholders including policy makers, ministers, corporates, and investors to communicate and present new concepts and ideas to enhance global trading opportunities.
- Retain knowledge and understanding of rules, regulations and mandates for our investor client base in all relevant markets
- Support AR and International sales in client interaction and analysing and interpreting client feedback to provide a fit-for-purpose trading mix and product offering that is in line with client needs.
- Understand the broad macro-economic environment to produce market analyses and trade ideas on a regular basis while also monitoring news that is relevant to the global market trading desks and client franchise.
- Understand the nature, impact, and value-add of all trading desks’ product offerings across the different regional jurisdictions to provide products that benefit both SB trading and client risk appetite.
- Evaluate and interpret large datasets in a quantitative manner to draw conclusions and obtain insights that will guide the strategies and decision making of research, sales, and trading desks within the global market.
- Influence cross-functional departments such as sales, trading desks, and research to deliver client-centric solutions to secure and retain strategic partnerships.
- Interpret the implementation of policies and regulations and communicate how it affects the macro-economic environment and global market in which SBG in AR and its clients operate.
Qualifications
Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Finance and Accounting
Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Mathematical Sciences
Experience Required
Macro Generic
Global Markets Structured Trading
5-7 years
- Seasoned derivatives experience and the ability to understand quantitative models, to aggregate and analyse multiple sources of risk.
- Must have Africa Regions experience
Additional Information
Behavioural Competencies:
- Checking Details
- Developing Expertise
- Embracing Change
- Exploring Possibilities
- Generating Ideas
- Making Decisions
- Managing Tasks
- Producing Output
- Providing Insights
- Seizing Opportunities
- Showing Composure
- Taking Action
Technical Competencies:
- Financial Modelling
- Market Analysis
- Risk/ Reward Thinking
- Statistical & Mathematical Analysis
- Structuring
- Technology Savvy
- Trade Execution
- Trade opportunity creation