Fixed Income & Derivatives Trader

At a glance

Global Markets (GM) is the of centre expertise for all financial markets activities and products of ABN AMRO. GM is made up of Equity Capital Markets (ECM), Debt Capital Markets (DCM), FX, Fixed Income & Derivatives and Strategy & Business Development (S&BD). Fixed Income & Derivatives (FID) department covers the needs of institutional and corporate clients for all derivatives and fixed income products. Clients are large corporates, central banks, pension funds, asset managers, insurance companies and hedge funds. The FID department consist of two commercial teams, FID Sales and FID trading, working together in offering clients our products and solutions. Do you want to be part of a leading Benelux based FID Trading desk, do you have the ambition to be the best and make it happen? Then we want to hear your story!

Your job

FID Trading has full end-to-end responsibility for pricing & risk management for all derivative and fixed income products. This includes responsibility for pricing models and tooling, management of all risk types, creating and implementing strategies for optimizing our electronic and other distribution channels and adhering to all policies and regulations.

As a Fixed Income & Derivatives Trader:
• You are quantitatively savvy and have sufficient knowledge and skills in the field of trading systems, tools and processes
• You can adequately and quickly make the right decisions and execute transactions in (complex) financial products (bonds, currencies and derivatives based on these).
• You manage and optimize the trading portfolios of the bank from a balanced risk, return and scarce resources perspective.
• You are curious, creative and always looking for the how and why to be in-control. You use data and other IT-tooling for this.
• You have up-to-date expertise in the field of financial markets, products, valuation models, risk management and quantitative models (data, algorithms, quant analyses) and you use this to optimize transactions and (risk) positions.
• You adhere to risk mandates and all relevant internal and external policies and regulation
• You work in a team and you like to collaborate with relevant stakeholders (Quants, Sales, IT, Grids, XVA)
• You work as a quant trader at the rates derivative and government bond desk.

Working environment

Global Markets is a department with highly specialized group of people advising, executing and dealing in financial instruments. The working environment is entrepreneurial, collaborative and complex due to amongst others changing clients’ needs, regulations and the impact of technology and data. This means Global Markets needs to be responsive and quick on its feet to adjust in this dynamic environment.

Your profile

We are looking for someone who challenges the status quo and is passionate about financial markets and trading.

• Academic education level
• At least 3-5 years’ work experience, preferably in Global Markets / Investment or Wholesale Banking
• Experience in trading and risk management of financial market products
• Knowledge and skills in the field of trading systems, tools and processes
• Affinity with technology, quant development and understanding data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team player and effective stakeholder manager
• Self-starter, innovative and curious mindset
• Keen interest in financial markets and economics.

We are offering

You will immediately get responsibilities and you will be empowered to act.
• You will be able to expand your network, knowledge and career opportunities.
• Salary for Hay grade 10-11, depending on your experience, based on a 40-hours work week.
• A generous personal development budget for courses and workshops.
• OV travel card valid in the whole of the Netherlands.
• A good pension scheme.
• 25 days of holidays per year.
• Flexible working hours.

Interested?

If you’re interested, please apply via the system. If you have questions on the content of the job, please contact Arif Kallan, Head of Trading Fixed Income & Derivatives, arif.kallan@nl.abnamro.com. We look forward to hear from you.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

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