Assistant Vice President, Structured Rates Trading

Become a Structured Rates Trader of Barclays’ Rates Options and Structured Rates (ROST) Team, where you’ll play a pivotal role to our business which runs globally with centres of excellence in London, New York and Singapore. Being a leading market maker, Barclays offers world-class execution in non-linear products in Rates Options and structured notes including Vanilla Interest Rate Options as well as Structured Interest Rate Derivatives. In your role, you’ll deliver the market making and execute client trades with sales teams across the regions. You’ll participate into the risk management of global books and work closely with colleagues across Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York and London. You’ll will liaise with Research and Sales teams to develop trade ideas for clients as well as portfolio positioning strategies. You’ll handle general desk supports (including working with Product Control, Compliance, Legal and other infrastructure areas). You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role like, good understandings in financial market and wide interests in Options Trading. Being detail focused, able to work under pressure as well as having excellent analytical skills and being proficient in Python & VBA will be ideal. Being a team player who can build solid relationship with internal and external stakeholders will be a plus.

Regulated Role

This role is deemed as a Certified role under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

IAR Regulated Role

This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Purpose of the role

To execute trades and manage risk within a defined portfolio of financial instruments and staying informed about market trends and developments to make informed trading decisions. 

Accountabilities

• Execution of buy and sell orders or pricing of liquidity in various financial instruments while adhering to the bank's trading strategies and risk parameters.
• Monitoring and analysis of global financial markets, economic indicators, news, and geopolitical events to identify trading opportunities and assess market risks.
• Management and monitoring of the risk associated with the trading portfolio and ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal risk management guidelines.
• Collaboration with research analysts and other teams to gather insights and information for trading decisions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.