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- FX (Foreign Exchange) Trader, with focus on Spot, Forwards, FX Swaps, Quant
- European Corporate & Investment Bank. London
About Our Client
Our client is a European Corporate Bank
Job Description
Exciting opportunity for a Director eFX Senior Liquidity Manager - Quant Trader with a leading European Corporate Bank in London
Task:Working in the global eFX business assist the Global Head of eFX in building a profitable client orientated FX business. Particular focus will be in the optimisation of high-volume FX flow, increasing wallet share and profitability. A strong emphasis on automation of processes and procedures is required working with the agile IT department to roll out improvements on a continuous basis. These developments need to be made with full knowledge of evolving industry developments.
Key Activities:
- Monitoring developments and flow in major FX trading platforms
- Optimise performance on said platforms for revenue and volume
- Work with quant and IT team to deliver continuous product improvement
- Maintain contacts and network with the industry to stay in touch with market developments
- Ten years of experience in Financial Markets
The Successful Applicant
Exciting opportunity for a Director eFX Senior Liquidity Manager - Quant Trader with a leading European Corporate Bank in London
Profile:
- Ideally postgraduate degree in numerate field
- Understanding of statistical and data mining techniques
- Understanding of modern electronic trading systems and related technology
- Understanding of FX market , FX Market order types and FX market microstructure
Key Competencies:
- Understanding of FX and FIC product areas, mainly: FX (Foreign Exchange), with focus on Spot, Forwards, FX Swaps
- Knowledge of all products, workflows and local treatment in the G10 and LM currencies
- Knowledge on all kind of aspects in relation to Pricing, Risk Management, Order management, trade work flow management and STP processes, Settlement, Client analytics
- Knowledge of the IT-aspects of electronic trading is required & ability to transfer business knowledge into IT and /or Quant programming
- Ability to apply quantitative trading techniques to improve client flow and profitability
- Knowledge of the structure of FX markets and trading venues
- Understanding of how the markets operate and factors that control liquidity and volatility.
- Knowledge of how FX Market makers provide liquidity and the techniques used for successful market making..
- Understanding of FX connectivity, protocols and latency issues.
- Understanding of different roles in the FX market e.g. prime brokers, real money, retail, asset managers, corporates, banks, execution brokers, liquidity providers, retail brokers, electronic brokers etc.
- Excellent ability to communicate and engage with clients, sales, IT and ECN operators
What's on Offer
The package will be competitive
Job summary
- Function
- CFO & Financial Management
- Subsector
- CFO & Financial Management Subsector
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- London
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Consultant name
- Tara Bagley
- Job reference
- JN-052022-5631494