Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of a 2nd class degree in a relevant course
  

• At least 7 years of trading experience with a thorough knowledge of and experience in foreign exchange in Nigeria, fixed income markets, and structuring would be an advantage.
  

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
  

• Transact foreign exchange and fixed income trades on the bank’s own account in the knowledge of customer-based transaction flows and in anticipation of future changes in the market, making use of associated products where relevant to the trading product
  

• Provide a product trading service to markets customer segment sales staff to meet customer needs at competitive prices
  

• Contribute to building the bank’s reputation in the local and international market through personally always demonstrating a high level of professionalism, developing mutually beneficial working relationships with counterparties, internal stakeholders, clients, regulators etc.
  

• Manage the transaction-based risks generated in trading, by working within the established parameters and rules appropriate to the trading product (trading limits, hedging, mark-to-market, delegated authority, etc)
  

• Adopt a sales approach if and where appropriate, for all counterparties where their relationship to RMB is essentially that of a customer.