Rates, FX and Credit Structuring - Manager

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The Role Responsibilities

Working in close collaboration with client coverage teams from FM Sales and CIC, the team designs bespoke solutions to help the bank's client's hedge, invest and raise financing in an optimal way.
A structurer needs to deliver practical and viable solutions, within several objectives and constraints, conciliating among various stakeholders:

• Clients (economic objectives, hedging policies, risk appetite, ...)
• Bank's resources (Credit limits, balance sheet returns, liquidity availability, reputational risk, ...)
• Markets and products (trading limits, market liquidity, available products and payoffs, ...)
• Regulatory (Legal and compliance, tax, accounting, ...)

Continue to build the FX, Rates and Credit Structuring (FXRC) business [in ASEAN], ensuring the growth and stability of the business:

• Leverage familiarity with derivatives-based solutions to originate and execute FM business and maximise cross-sell revenue
• Provide pricing to Sales for structured FX, Rates and Credit both at the origination and execution levels; facilitate deal execution across FXRC where required
• Support senior members of the team and help them design, promote and execute bespoke derivatives-based solutions for the bank's clients
• Demonstrate excellent soft skills including deal communications, idea sharing, stakeholders liaison and strong team play
• Co-operate on global initiatives and share information, ideas with sales and structurers outside the region
• Deliver training and education on FXRC products to internal and external audiences

Ensure the stability, long-term sustainability and reputation of the Bank:

• Preparing term-sheet templates in conjunction with Legal and Compliance guidelines
• Preparing marketing material achieving the right balance of positioning and risks representation in accordance with the Fair Dealing Guidelines
• Understand the way risks and returns are measured by the bank in order to offer solutions that are achievable and sustainable for both the bank and its clients
• Providing impartial guidance in matters of product appropriateness and suitability
• Discourage transactions with an inappropriate risk profile for either the bank or its clients

Remuneration criteria

• Structured FXRC Total Product Income (sales + trading) generated from involvement in aforementioned activities.
• Recognised contribution to flow and structured FXRC Total Product Revenue.
• Recognised contribution to cross-asset transactions
• Objective feedback from major stakeholders

Our Ideal Candidate

• Resilient and enthusiastic personality, positive attitude, willingness to learn and take on responsibilities
• Strong communicator, able to deal and conciliate with sales, traders, CIC, L&C, MTCR and other support functions in geographically diverse locations and in new situations
• Resourceful individual, with the ability to solve problems across businesses, disciplines, functions, jurisdictions, markets, assets.
• A combination of technical (derivatives pricing, Quant Finance, programming, CFA, FRM) and business/finance qualifications is advantageous.
• Previous experience in financial markets in a front office position

Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.