Investment Grade Credit Trader - Flow Desk, NYC

Bbva Sa; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BBVA is seeking an experienced Secondary Investment Grade Credit Trader in New York to join our Corporate Credit Trading team. The successful candidate will focus on Industrial or Financial sectors, managing market risk, providing liquidity to institutional clients, and contributing to the growth of our franchise.

The role demands 2–6 years of investment grade credit trading experience, strong analytical skills, and a client-focused mindset, with collaboration across sales, research, syndicate,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
• 2+ years of experience trading investment grade corporate credit at a major investment bank or broker-dealer.
• Strong knowledge of corporate bond markets, market structure, and fixed income products.
• FINRA SIE, Series 7 and 63 licenses required (or willing to obtain within 6 months of hire)

Responsibilities

• Make competitive two-way markets in investment grade bonds across Industrial or Financial sectors.
• Manage inventory, risk, and capital within the firm's risk framework.
• Develop and execute relative value trading strategies across issuers, sectors, maturities, and the credit curve.
• Partner with institutional sales to provide market color, trade ideas, and execution support.
• Build and maintain relationships with asset managers, insurers, pension funds, hedge funds, and other institutional investors.
• Monitor issuance, market activity, macro developments, and events affecting valuations.
• Analyze issuer fundamentals, sector trends, technicals, and credit curves.
• Collaborate with research, syndicate, banking, and quantitative teams to support new issue pricing and performance.
• Utilize electronic trading platforms and data analytics to optimize execution and enhance market-making capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and best execution standards.
• Contribute to process improvements and mentoring of junior team members

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Fixed income markets

Trading risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative discipline

Tools

Bloomberg

Tradeweb

MarketAxess

TruMid

Python

SQL

Bloomberg Excel APIs

Job description

BBVA is seeking an experienced Secondary Investment Grade Credit Trader in New York to join our Corporate Credit Trading team. The successful candidate will focus on Industrial or Financial sectors, managing market risk, providing liquidity to institutional clients, and contributing to the growth of our franchise.

The role demands 2–6 years of investment grade credit trading experience, strong analytical skills, and a client-focused mindset, with collaboration across sales, research, syndicate,