Associate Director Credit Trading, Singapore

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is looking for a professional skilled in trading and risk management of Credit products. In this role, you will be responsible for trading and managing risks to achieve business revenue targets. The ideal candidate should have a strong track record in generating revenue and a minimum of 3-7 years of experience on global trading desks. A background in finance or related fields, along with programming skills, is expected. Excellent communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-7 years experience on global trading desks.
• Proven commitment to comply with regulations and policies.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Trading and Risk Management of Credit products to meet revenue targets.
• Assist in price making and risk management for portfolios.
• Develop and enhance e-trading capabilities.
• Report on industry and market conditions to respond to client needs.

Skills

Understanding of risk and financial outcomes

Knowledge of global financial markets and products

Strong revenue generation track record

Analytical problem-solving skills

Strong communication skills

Programming in Python, Java, or C

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Finance/Mathematics/Economic/Engineering/Computer Science/Psychology

Job description

Your Role

Price making, risk management, marketing and growing the Asia Local CCY (focus) & USD Credit business.

What You’ll Do:

• Trading and Risk Management of Credit products with the objective of meeting team and business revenue targets.
• Assist other team members with the price making and risk management of other portfolios, with specific focus on overnight USD Credit.
• Work to continually improve and build the broader Credit Trading teams pricing, analytics and risk management infrastructure by utilising your Quantitative background and programming skills.
• Assist with the development of and expand on our e-trading/e-delivery capabilities
• Work closely with business partners and end to end business stakeholders, offshore and domestically, to achieve business development and revenue targets.
• Maintain sound risk management practices and compliance with delegations
• Actively gather, maintain and report knowledge of industry and market conditions, understand the financial impacts and proactively respond to client needs.
• Understand GM products inclusive of product enhancements, changes and competitive information.
• Maintain a continuous improvement approach for product, people, process and systems. Recommend and influence improvement opportunities.
• Own client complaints until resolved, and ensure these are managed in line with Bank and GM policy

What You’ll Bring:

• Demonstrable ability to understand risk and recognise good financial outcomes.
• In depth knowledge of Global financial markets and products
• Inherent ability to understand risk, and recognise good trading outcomes
• Strong revenue generation track record
• Minimum 3-7 Years Experience on Global Trading Desks
• Proven commitment to comply with regulations, policies and process
• Analytical with strong problem solving, numerical and verbal reasoning skills
• Strong track record in trading large portfolios with a preference for experience in multiple currencies
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Interpersonal skills – a dealing room is a busy and loud workplace. Excellent verbal and written communication is a critical success factor.
• Ideally Proficient with programming in languages such as Python, Java or C.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure, with a high degree of flexibility and willingness to take on new challenges.
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant disciplines such as: Finance/Mathematics/Economic/Engineering/Computer Science/Psychology
• Appropriate industry qualifications to deal Markets products.