Job Ref: TREASURY 03/2014
The Position: Reporting to the Head of Foreign Exchange trading – Treasury Division, this position calls for proactive position taking on the spot, swap and forward books in order to generate income from FX Trading.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive foreign currency trading in major currencies- proprietary trading.
- Drive Market making in USDKES and other currencies where applicable.
- Provide competitive quotes to the FX sales team and cover client flows
- Counter party Limit exposure management
- Ensure Technical analysis for profitable position taking.
- Relationship management with counter parties and regulators.
- Interpretation of market fundamentals for proper positioning of the spot, swaps and forward books.
- Gather market intelligence and offer advisory to the other desks on global and regional markets
- Positions and profit reconciliations in liaison with market risk, finance and back office departments.
- Liaise with other subsidiaries on maximization of group trading income
The Person
- Bachelor’s Degree in any Business related field from a recognized University.
- Certified Foreign Exchange and Money Market Dealer (ACI).
- Master’s Degree in Business related field will be an added advantage.
- A Bachelor’s degree in a business related field or Mathematics.
- Possession of ACI dealing certification
- At least four (4) years of general banking experience of which two (2) years at Managerial position which should have been spent in busy dealing room.
- Good knowledge of risk management and its application to financial markets.
- Thorough Knowledge of the end-to-end processes of Treasury products and services.
- Experience in using FX trading platforms.
- Analytical skills and excellent flair for numbers.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Excellent Team player
The above position is a demanding role which the bank will provide a competitive package for the successful candidate.
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