CEEMEA Rates Trader VP: Market-Making & Risk

Selby Jennings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a CEEMEA Rates Trader to join the London-based Emerging Markets trading team. The role focuses on pricing, risk management, and market-making across CEEMEA rates, with exposure to local rates, government bonds, and rate derivatives.

You will trade CEEMEA curves, provide liquidity to institutional clients, and work with Sales, Research, and Structuring on client-driven opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience trading EM or CEEMEA rates products.
• Strong knowledge of at least one CEEMEA region, including: Central & Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania); Turkey; South Africa; Middle East rates markets
• Experience with government bonds, IRS, cross-currency swaps, and other rates products.
• Demonstrated risk management and P&L responsibility.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage risk and trading activities across CEEMEA rates markets.
• Trade local currency government bonds, interest rate swaps, NDF-linked rates products, and cross-currency swaps.
• Generate trading ideas and identify relative value opportunities across CEEMEA curves.
• Provide pricing and liquidity to institutional clients.
• Work closely with Sales, Research, and Structuring teams on client-driven opportunities.
• Monitor macroeconomic developments, central bank decisions, and geopolitical events across CEEMEA.
• Contribute to the growth of the franchise through risk-taking and revenue generation.

Skills

Pricing

Risk management

Market making

P&L responsibility

Quantitative analysis

Trading ideas

Job description

Selby Jennings is seeking a CEEMEA Rates Trader to join the London-based Emerging Markets trading team. The role focuses on pricing, risk management, and market-making across CEEMEA rates, with exposure to local rates, government bonds, and rate derivatives.

You will trade CEEMEA curves, provide liquidity to institutional clients, and work with Sales, Research, and Structuring on client-driven opportunities.