Job Role - Foreign Exchange Associate
Location -NYC, NY -Hybrid
Duration - 12 Months
- Direct support of the FX Sales and Trading desks, as well as providing support to all other teams covering a suite of FX products.
- In addition, the team is responsible for all FX trades transacted on behalf of other businesses such as Interest Rates, Equities, Private Wealth Management and Commodities.
- Responsible for monitoring and mitigating the firm's risk throughout the FX trade flow, front to back.
- Working with Sales and Trading on trade booking, allocations, give-ups and amendments. The position requires a lot of interaction with the FX Desk, so the ability to communicate with confidence and accuracy is essential.
- The position will also involve the review and resolution of exceptions and discrepancies across internal systems and with external counterparties.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Preferred candidate with Foreign Exchange product knowledge; Deliverable and Non
- Deliverable Spot, Forwards, Options, Vanilla and Exotic Trades
- Previous Middle Office / Trading Assistant experience
- Experience with risk management of Trader positions
- Superior Client Service skill set
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to drive automation and improvement initiatives
- Ability to function at a high level in both a team environment, as well as on individual functions
- Ability to work under pressure in a time sensitive and deadline driven environment
- Relationship Management skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
