Job Title:  Vice President, Rates Trader

Job Description

Job title: Rates Trader

Corporate Title: Vice President

Division / Department: Global Markets

Location: Australia

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Responsibilities

About the Desk / Function:

The role is for a trader to join the Rates Trading team, which is part of Global Markets.  Products traded across the desk include interest rate derivatives and bonds.  This role specifically will sit on the bond desk, responsible for managing the ACGB trading book, although will also have exposure to SSA and Semi trading. Our clients are located both in Australia and offshore and include hedge funds and real-money clients.

• Provide pricing and solutions to clients and financial institutions across the Global Markets product set
• Gather and analyse market data and communicate relevant information to portfolio managers, analysts and other traders
• Develop and manage relationships with broker/dealers
• Maintain spreadsheets, market data and trading data
• Achieve individual and team P/L targets
• Managing risk on trading positions

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field, & CFA candidacy or Masters degree.
• Solid understanding of rates products, particularly ACGBs
• Experience trading across the suite of rates products
• Strong Work Ethic and Intellectual Curiosity - Candidate need to work hard to fill gaps in knowledge and well as to deliver on his/her responsibilities 
• Critical and independent thinking
• Fluent in English - written and oral

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER:  This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer