Bank Funding Trader

Description

Accountable for a specific trading activity. Understanding of liquidity management, bank funding strategy, money markets, economic indicators and Federal Reserve programs.

Works closely with the Senior Trader and Bank Funding Managers to make optimal trading decisions to execute the funding strategy set forth.

Ability to appropriately balance; liquidity, price, risk and other key factors within established guidelines. Ability to make quick market decisions independently.

Contribute knowledge and expertise regarding funding and liquidity to day to day Funding Desk responsibilities. Responsible for pricing, executing and recording trades, ensuring operational cohesiveness and performing investor and dealer analysis.

Evaluate funding opportunities with partners across the companies and provide recommendations based on thorough analysis to senior management.

Execute funding transactions across international entities.

This role supports Treasury’s Global Funding (GF) desk; specifically focused on the trading and funding risk management and analytics.

The team has responsibility conducting research, analytics as well as model implementation across multiple markets and currencies.

Employees interact daily with internal and external constituents including business lines, other Treasury functions such as Balance Sheet Management (BSM), Finance, Capital Management, Investor Relations, Global Liquidity Management, Legal, internal control partners, regulators, market dealers, and investors.

GF strives to provide efficient funding strategies across the enterprise in the most cost effective manner, while managing the risks

associated with those strategies. Implementation of funding and hedging strategies necessitates flawlessly executing transactions with internal and external counterparties in accordance with liquidity constraints, internal guidelines, legal limitations and regulatory directives.

This role requires critical thinking about the many challenges facing our company and industry with an emphasis on attention to detail, teamwork and strong communication skills.

Treasury provides an opportunity to gain broad knowledge about the company and its many businesses as well as the global markets in which we transact.

Key Responsibilities :

Conducting research and analytics on FX, Rates, Repo and other markets related to funding as well as asset and liability management

Design, implement and enhance quantitative models (both risk natural, statistic or machine learning models)

Optimize trading strategies and reduce overall risk

Desk process management and maintenance

Skills :

Price Verification and Valuation

Trading

Trading and Investment Analysis

Investment Management

Problem Solving

Trade Monitoring

Trading Strategy

Business Analytics

Causation Analysis

Required Qualifications :

Advanced degree in quantitative finance, or engineering major - or related work experience

2+ years of experience in financial analysis (bond math, analytics, cash flows) or trading (traded or monitored / reported on trading strategies) experience

Experience in programing (python or other OOO programing), modeling (derivative pricing, statistic or machine learning)

Understanding of financial markets, liquidity and risk

Critical thinking, strong attention to detail, analytical, investigative problem solving skills

Desired Qualifications :

Advance programing skills (e.g., deep knowledge about python or c / c++, familiar with data structure and standard algorithm, design pattern, etc.)

Familiar with Fx / IRD derivative

Solid foundation in statistics and machine learning

Bloomberg and other market sources

Shift :

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week :