Funding Trader SG
Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily liquidity management, ensuring adequate balances in the Bank’s Nostro accounts to meet all funding and settlement obligations.
- Monitor and manage funding gap positions to optimise liquidity utilisation and revenue generation.
- Manage interest rate risk using instruments such as FX swaps, interest rate swaps, and futures to optimise portfolio P&L.
- Monitor market developments (rates, spreads, FX basis) and adjust positioning accordingly.
- Identify opportunities to enhance yield through relative value, duration positioning and funding arbitrage within desk limits.
- Execute transactions across, Sovereign, supranational, and agency bonds (SSAs), Repo and Money Markets.
- Prepare the Bank’s daily cash flow positions.
- Produce liquidity projection reports to support regulatory and internal risk compliance requirements.
- Perform SORA rate contributions in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
- Address and respond to queries related to Foreign Currency (FCY) Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP).
- Investigate and resolve settlement-related issues in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Conduct market research and provide weekly updates on currency and interest rate movements for Treasury briefings.
- Maintain and strengthen banking relationships with internal teams and external counterparties.
- Undertake additional tasks and assignments as directed by Management.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or equivalent
- Min 2 years of trading experience in Treasury or any Financial institution – seniority of role will commensurate with years of experience.
- Strong analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Knowledge of Python and/or Excel VBA is an advantage.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Self‑motivated, resourceful and proactive team player with high integrity and a positive working attitude.