- Location
- UPPER HILL ROAD, Kenya
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- VP
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
The Trader is a senior level position responsible for overseeing a trading book and managing the book risk, in coordination with the rest of the trading team. The overall objective of this role is to manage the bank’s foreign exchange business by providing liquidity, facilitating client’s currency requirements, managing the inherent market risk and generating sustainable trading revenues, and coordinating with key stakeholders to develop the trading franchise.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee a trading book and generate revenues and manage the risk for the respective business
- Coordinate with Sales, Research, Markets Treasury and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business
- Establish and maintain key client/counterparty/broker relationships to deliver trades to the desk
- Anticipate client demand in each respective product/market
- Coordinate with desk analysts and strategists as needed and with sales to develop the franchise
- Leading strong governance and controls
- Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
- Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
- Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
- Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
- Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
- Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Recommended Qualifications:
- Knowledge of respective products and clients
- Required licensing and registrations as applicable
- Advance analytical and numerical competency
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to analyze and pitch situations and determine suitable counterparties
- Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, closing technicalities
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree preferred
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Job Family Group:
Institutional Trading------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Trading------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time------------------------------------------------------
Most Relevant Skills
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Other Relevant Skills
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