Senior Financial Market Specialist: Leading Expert in Foreign Exchange

2 weeks ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Kamo Placements Full time

Job Overview

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Kamo Placements is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Market Specialist to join our team. This role will involve leading the company's foreign exchange trading operations, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, and providing thought leadership on FX markets.

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About the Role

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  • Lead and oversee the company's foreign exchange trading operations, including execution of FX transactions (spot, forwards and FX swaps) as well as cash management.
  • Conduct research into FX movements, trends, patterns with systemic impact across financial markets.
  • Develop periodic reports to enable managers to provide oversight function on the deliverables of the South African Foreign Exchange Committee (SAFXC) and Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC).
  • Provide subject-matter expertise to design and implement IT infrastructure for the FX operations business.
  • Analyse FX operations and insights for presentations to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Financial Stability Committee (FSC).
  • Represent the Financial Markets Department on internal and external committees/forums.
  • Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders for the gathering of market intelligence.

Requirements

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  • A minimum of Honours degree in economics or finance or an equivalent combination of education and job-related experience.
  • A minimum of eight to ten years experience in a specialist role in financial markets and market analysis.

Additional Requirements

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  • Verbal and written communication skills.
  • Research methodology skills.
  • Planning and organising skills.
  • Decision-making skills.
  • Interpersonal skills.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Knowledge of financial mathematics.

Estimated Salary: R1,200,000 - R1,500,000 per annum.



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