Trader

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

To grow and optimise desk performance and profitability across allocated product type and geography
- Consider fixed income, credit trading, commodity, or currency pricing requests from clients and construct a price which is suitable to buy and sell while strictly adhering to limits and monitoring market exposures on a daily basis
- Revert to broker market and clear risk at the same price or better if no interest is expressed in advertised positions
- Illustrate to clients levels available to buy or sell
- Manage client maturity profile on bond futures by assisting with funding positions to the latest most liquid expiry month
- Manage the desks funding requirements in line with limits provided by risk department and group treasury
- Quote active two-way prices on Nutron to help improve futures market liquidity between expiry dates
- Approve daily profit and loss from accounts department resolve any outstanding issues speedily
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve win win outcomes
- Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
- Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
- Anticipate consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
- Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints
- Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
- Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
- Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
- Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
- Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
- Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
- Read situations and organisational realities
- Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
- Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
- Share debate and communicate learnings
- Flag and debate issues constructively
- Promote a friendly cooperative climate

Job Details

Application Closing Date

23/02/24


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