Trader - JHB at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

To grow and optimise desk performance and profitability across allocated product type and geography

• Consider fixed income, commodity, or currency pricing requests from clients and construct a price which is suitable to buy and sell while strictly adhering to limits and monitoring market exposures on a daily basis
• Revert to broker market and clear risk at the same price or better if no interest is expressed in advertised positions
• Illustrate to clients levels available to buy or sell
• Manage client maturity profile on bond futures by assisting with funding positions to the latest most liquid expiry month
• Manage the desks funding requirements in line with limits provided by risk department and group treasury
• Quote active two-way prices on Nutron to help improve futures market liquidity between expiry dates
• Approve daily profit and loss from accounts department resolve any outstanding issues speedily
• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve win win outcomes
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
• Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
• Anticipate consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
• Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
• Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
• Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
• Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Read situations and organisational realities
• Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
• Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
• Share debate and communicate learnings
• Flag and debate issues constructively
• Promote a friendly cooperative climate