Trading Structurer at Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

• As an eStructurer, you will support the pricing and hedging of complex derivatives by staying informed of developments in financial markets, quantitative methods, technology and regulatory requirements. You will ensure that solutions balance profitability, client requirements and strong risk principles.
• You will price products, validate consistency with market levels and ensure accurate booking of transactions. You will manage the flow of information between Structuring, Sales and Trading. You will take ownership of pricing tools: helping to build curves, improve risk calculations, interpret stresses and integrate add-ons such as XVA into the pricing framework.
• You will assist with troubleshooting booking issues and downstream system challenges throughout the trade lifecycle. You will participate in reviewing and refining end‑to‑end processes, suggesting innovative improvements to enhance efficiency, minimize redundancy and support technology enablement across the business.

Hello Future eStructurer

• Join our Electronic Structuring team and help shape the next generation of pricing, risk and electronic trading capabilities across our business. You will play a leading role in designing, building and maintaining the tools that power our markets franchise. This includes curve building, derivatives pricing, risk and hedging analytics, trade autobooking workflows and XVA pricing integration.
• We are looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of structuring, quantitative modelling and software engineering. Someone who also enjoys solving complex problems, improving processes and delivering technology‑enabled trading solutions.

Are You Someone Who Can

• Control expenditure and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.
• Technical proficiency in pricing, booking and hedging of financial instruments.
• Ability to match client and bank requirements in a profitable manner.
• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships across area of specialisation.
• Participate in planned activities that are appropriate for own development.
• Ensure development and continuous value add improvement to operational processes.
• Manages risks in own area of responsibility.
• Compile reports that track progress and guide business to make informed decisions.
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation.
• Creates solutions to meet customer demands to deliver internal and external customer service excellence through adherence to quality service standards.
• Identify and utilize opportunities for revenue growth to deliver on sales targets.

You Will Be An Ideal Candidate If You Have:

• Relevant Degree in Financial Mathematics, Statistics, or similar
• 8 years plus experience in Derivatives and Financial Markets
• Banking / Global Markets experience

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging working
• Opportunities to innovate