FX Trader

Job d:

Location:

London, England, United Kingdom Category:
Institutional Trading, Markets Company:
Citi The Trader will be responsible for managing FX option risk and making prices to our franchise in vanilla and exotic products, in coordination with the Trading team. The overall objective of this role is to process trades for a trading book and achieve revenue targets.

Responsibilities:

Contribute to a trading book and generate revenues and manage risk for the respective business

Coordinate with Sales, Research, CMand and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business

Trade a book and deliver on budgeted revenues and manage book risk Establish and maintain key relationships to deliver trades to the desk Anticipate client demand in each respective product/market

Coordinate with desk analysts as needed and with sales to develop the franchise

Leading strong governance and controls:

Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure

Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics

Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s  familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended

Qualifications:

3-7 years of experience in a related role Knowledge of respective products and clients

Required licensing and registrations as applicable

Advance analytical and numerical competency

Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Ability to analyze and pitch situations and determine suitable counter parties

Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, closing technicalities

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime. The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016. Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.

Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:
Honesty, integrity and reputation Financial soundness Competence and capability In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper…