Specialist Trader

Preferred Qualification

University Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.

Preferred Experience

5–8 years’ experience in securities trading, brokerage operations, sales trading, or capital markets.

Knowledge and Skills

• Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Market Structure and Systems
  
• NSE Equity Trading Rules
  
• Automated Trading Systems and Order Management
  
• Sales trading and multi‑asset execution
  
• Trading rules, surveillance, and market conduct standards
  
• Capital Markets Authority (CMA) regulatory framework
  

Technical Competencies

• NSE Trading Systems
  
• Order Management & Matching
  
• Market Structure Knowledge
  
• Sales Trading Capability
  
• Trading Rules & Surveillance
  

• Revenue Growth & Market Share:
  

Contribute directly to revenue growth by achieving competitive execution outcomes, increasing trading volumes, improving liquidity access, and supporting market share gains across NSE‑traded asset classes.

• Trading & Execution Excellence:
  

Execute trades accurately through the NSE systems in compliance with NSE Trading Rules, ensuring best price, timing, order priority, and execution quality across all trading sessions.

• NSE Trading Systems Proficiency:
  

Demonstrate operational knowledge of the NSE Trading Systems including order qualifiers, matching logic, price limits, and execution priority.

• Product Diversification & Sales Trading Capability:
  

Support the build‑out of sales trading capabilities and diversified product execution by leveraging the Absa CIB franchise.

• Market Development & Cross‑Asset Collaboration:
  

Collaborate with IBD teams to solution clients across multiple asset classes and provide execution support for primary to secondary market transitions.

• Market Structure, Rules & Surveillance:
  

Maintain strong working knowledge of NSE market structure and ensure compliance with NSE and CMA requirements.

• Risk Management & Controls:
  

Operate within approved trading mandates, limits, and operational controls.

• Stakeholder Engagement:
  

Work collaboratively with settlement, custody, sales, risk, compliance, and operations teams.