Head Trader eFX Spot – Associate-Director

As an Associate-Director in the FX & DA Trading department, you will be in charge of the eFX Spot team. Reporting directly to the Head Spot Vice-Director, you will supervise the operational activities and manage people in accordance with your senior management.

Key responsibilities

Team Management:

• Leading and supporting the eFX Spot team:

• Fostering a positive work atmosphere where employees feel motivated, valued, and connected to the team and the organization.

• Promoting collaboration, trust, and cohesion among team members.

• Addressing any potential conflicts among team members to your senior management and/or HR Partner

• Supporting employee growth through training, mentorship, coaching, and advancement opportunities.

• Hiring:

• Leading the recruitment process with your Talent Acquisition Partner

• Ensuring new hires are properly introduced to the team, the organization, its culture, policies, and their specific roles.

• Performance Management: Setting performance expectations, providing feedback, conducting performance reviews, and addressing any performance issues.

• Conducting under performance process with the help of your Senior Management and HR Partner.

Operational duties:

• Own the realized risk and PnL

• Ensure successful and compliant operations

• Monitor orders, trades, overall market conditions, news flow, real-time risk and PnL

• Fine-tune price construction, execution and risk management production systems

• Monitor the overall client activity and ensure flow quality, as well as smooth client trading experience

• Maintain a gainful network of hedging counterparties and market venues

• Analyze results, identify and drive improvements

• Data analysis: Use internal analytical tools and your own quantitative capabilities to draw data-driven conclusions, suggest actions, deliver reporting

• Documentation: maintain up-to-date operational procedures and ensure compliance

• Collaborating: Be a reference point for Sales, Software Engineers, IT colleagues and other internal teams

• Project Management: Contribute to product development and infrastructure improvements

• Monitoring: team’s capacity allocation

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in sell-side electronic FX trading

• Previous experience in a leadership role is a strong advantage

• Deep understanding of market (micro)structure

• Deep understanding of client needs (both retail and institutional segments) and the competition landscape

• Proficient in transforming large data sets into actionable insights  

• Ability to prioritize and deliver multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment

• Excellent interpersonal skills, results-oriented, team player

• Excellent communication and presentation skills