FX/Execution Trader

Swissquote Group; Schweiz; Ibrido; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Swissquote’s FX & DA Trading Department oversees the execution and liquidity production process across FX, precious metals, digital assets, and macro futures. The team designs and operates electronic trading systems to provide excellent execution and profitable operations.

As a Trader you will quote and execute spot, forward and options orders while collaborating with liquidity providers, prime brokers and treasury to improve financing conditions and profitability.

Competenze

• University degree in a STEM field or economics.
• Result oriented, reliable and a team player.
• Good understanding of FX market, its micro structure and its liquidity network.
• Previous experience in FX Spot trading is a strong plus.
• Understanding of trading systems architecture and API connectivity.
• Ability to work on a rotating shift schedule.

Mansioni

• Quoting and Executing clients’ spot, forward and options orders in FX, Precious Metals, Commodity Futures, Index Futures, and Stocks CFDs.
• Ensuring efficient execution with Liquidity Providers.
• Manage Banks positions with Prime Brokers and improve financing conditions in collaboration with the treasury department.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders such as risk, distribution, development, project, and IT departments to improve the services and the profitability of the bank.
• Follow market news, events, and identify risks & opportunities.
• Ensuring orderly operations and supporting neighboring departments in the trade booking process.
• Reporting of statistics around execution, trade flow, liquidity, risk & profitability

Conoscenze

Result oriented

Reliable

Team player

FX market understanding

Formazione

University degree in STEM or Economics

Strumenti

Trading systems architecture

API connectivity

Descrizione del lavoro

At Swissquote, we’re all in.
All in to shake things up. All in to build the bank people actually want to use. All in to make finance less boring — and a lot more powerful.

We’re Switzerland’s leading digital bank — 1,500+ people across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, building real financial solutions for over a million clients worldwide. From trading and investing to everyday banking, we cover the full picture. We move fast, but we build things we’re genuinely proud of. Have a look behind the scenes by checking Humans ofSwissquote on Instagram.

Growing fast creates room. Room to try things, own things, and grow at a pace most places can’t offer. Whether you like the spotlight or prefer to just put your head down and do great work, there’s space for both here.

We’ve ditched the dress code — but never the chance to celebrate. Big win or small, we make it count. The kind of place where the atmosphere takes care of itself.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join our team and contribute to our shared success.

Feeling it? It’s a good start.

Job Description

The FX & DA Trading Department oversees the execution and liquidity production process in FX, Precious Metals, Digital Assets, and Macro Futures.

The department is focusing on the design and operation of electronic trading systems with the core mission to provide an excellent execution service to clients, to profitably manage the market risk of the bank, and to ensure orderly operations and orderly functioning of markets.

With our technology and data-driven approach we add an alpha to our product quality and increase the profitability of our business with improvements from the supply side: not only by sourcing smarter but as well by producing liquidity.

The department consists of 3 teams with a functional focus: Spot, STIR, and Execution.

To strengthen our Execution team we are looking to hire a Trader:

The Execution Team is the operational backbone of the department ensuring competitive liquidity and orderly execution across all platforms and all asset classes with a 24/5 on-site presence. The team as well runs the Physical Spot FX Risk Book and collaborates with the Spot and STIR teams to ensure profitable operation of all books at all times. The Execution Team is typically the first point of contact for our clients and internal stakeholders including Sales, IT, Controlling, Treasury, Middle and Back Office. The team works closely with engineers and project managers to continuously improve our products and operations.

As a Trader your key responsibilities will be:

• Quoting and Executing clients’ spot, forward and options orders in FX, Precious Metals, Commodity Futures, Index Futures, and Stocks CFDs,
• Ensuring efficient execution with Liquidity Providers.
• Manage Banks positions with Prime Brokers and improve financing conditions in collaboration with the treasury department,
• Liaise with internal stakeholders such as risk, distribution, development, project, and IT departments to improve the services and the profitability of the bank,
• Follow market news, events, and identify risks & opportunities,
• Ensuring orderly operations and supporting neighboring departments in the trade booking process.
• Reporting of statistics around execution, trade flow, liquidity, risk & profitability

Qualifications

• University Degree in a STEM or Economics.
• Result oriented, reliable and a team player.
• Good understanding of FX Market, its micro structure and its liquidity network.
• Previous experience in FX Spot trading is a strong plus.
• Understanding of trading systems architecture and API connectivity.
• Ability to work on a rotating shift schedule.

Additional Information

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