Sales Trader

Susquehanna International Group, LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Susquehanna International Group, LLP is seeking a Sales Trader for our front-office Fixed Income team in London. You will execute bond trades, interact with institutional clients, and work at the intersection of markets, systems, and people.

This role emphasizes real-time problem solving, data analysis, and tool development to automate workflows. You will collaborate across trading, operations, sales and technology to improve precision and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative problem-solving ability.
• Practical programming proficiency.
• Comfortable working with structured datasets.
• High level of precision and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Trade execution and real-time decision making for Bond trades with institutional clients.
• Coordinate with trading teams to ensure accurate outcomes.
• Manage the lifecycle of trades from pre-trade to execution to post-trade.
• Develop scripts and tools to automate workflows, improve monitoring, and reduce manual processes.
• Explain execution outcomes and respond to technical or operational queries with clarity and structure.
• Coordinate across trading, operations, sales and technology teams.

Skills

Quantitative problem-solving

Programming skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

We are a leading quantitative trading firm partnering with institutional clients across global markets. We are seeking a Sales Trader our front-office Fixed Income team.

This role combines real-time problem solving, data analysis, client interaction, and workflow optimisation in a highly quantitative, technology-driven environment.

You will work at the intersection of markets, systems, and people — ensuring trades are executed accurately and efficiently while continuously improving the tools and processes that support them.

The role requires exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical capability, and the ability to communicate clearly across technical and commercial teams.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Trade Execution & Real-Time Decision Making
• Agree and execute Bond trades with institutional clients using structured internal pricing frameworks.
• Coordinate with trading teams to ensure accurate and appropriate outcomes.
• Manage the lifecycle of trades from agreement from pre trade to execution to post trade.
• Operate in a time-sensitive environment where precision, discipline, and attention to detail are critical.
• Accuracy matters — small errors can have meaningful consequences in live markets.
• Analyse trading and operational data to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Develop scripts and tools to automate workflows, improve monitoring, and reduce manual processes.
• Contribute to building scalable processes in collaboration with dev teams
• Strong analytical rigour and careful handling of data are essential.
• Work directly with institutional clients alongside Sales coverage.
• Explain execution outcomes and respond to technical or operational queries with clarity and structure.
• Coordinate across trading, operations, sales and technology teams. You will regularly operate at the intersection of multiple teams with different priorities. The ability to communicate precisely, align stakeholders, and avoid ambiguity is fundamental to success.

What we’re looking for

• Financial markets experience is beneficial but not required.
• Languages beneficial but not required.
• Prior Fixed Income/Bonds knowledge
• Strong quantitative problem-solving ability.
• Practical programming proficiency
• Comfortable working with structured datasets.
• Ability to build small tools, scripts, or analytical workflows.
• High level of precision and attention to detail.