Join our G10 Fixed Income Financing trading desk in Japan, a growing business within the top tier global investment bank. 

As a junior trader within the G10 Fixed Income Financing trading team, you will be working in a dynamic and busy trading floor environment. You will be a junior risk taker where you are expected to tend to the firm’s and client’s short cover/funding needs as well as trading other products including but not limited to spot FX, USDJPY basis, short-end cash JGBs, bond basis. At the same time, you will manage trade processing, life cycle management, risk and desk’s profit and loss estimation.

Job responsibilities 

Be responsible for trade capture, trade life cycle management Do short cover/funding for the desk facing brokers Market make for client flows Estimate profit and loss for the books and understand the risk of the desk Hedge the risk of trading books using various trading instruments Help the desk handle inquiries from other teams 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Minimum education required - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Minimum 1 year of middle/back/front office experience in fixed income trading or display of aptitude in such products. (not limited to JPY) Registered with the JSDA Business level fluency in both Japanese as well as English is required, due to interaction with internal and external stakeholders Ability to communicate concepts and ideas, both verbally and via documentation, and be able to defend their validity and target messages to different audiences Ability to interact comfortably with business clients and management Self-directed, highly motivated, and able to work independently Ability to discuss in detail your understanding of      fundamental and technical aspects of product(s) traded and support area functions of respective products

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Highly proficient in Bloomberg, Excel Demonstrate intellectual curiosity in understanding the various binding constraints and the impact it has on trading behavior Demonstrate interest in understanding the inter-connectedness of various markets especially in money market space Ability to write periodic commentary on market trends Prior roles within fixed income division is a plus CFA level 3 a plus