Purpose of role: Planning and execution of Foreign Exchange and Cash Management To monitor and understand the financial markets for opportunities / threats that affect the client portfolios. To work as a member of the foreign exchange and money market dealing desk, dealing with the execution of client requests, taking into account client mandates, market information, together with associated administration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of market rates environment
- Provision of rates and economic data to clients
- Foreign exchange execution (spots, forwards, swaps)
- Money market cash execution
- Managing foreign exchange exposures, money market portfolios against
respective benchmarks
- Liaison with clients regarding cash, foreign exchange requirements
- Liaison with banks regarding market movements, products
- Develop an understanding of client businesses, investment mandates and
monitor markets for opportunities/threats re client portfolios
- Pro-actively inform dealing team of potential opportunities
- Prepare / contribute to daily and weekly economic reports
1) Qualifications:
- B. Com or Relevant Financial Markets Degree
- ACI Dealing certificate an added advantage
- FSB Regulatory qualification would be of advantage
2) Experience
- Two years’ foreign exchange experience is essential
- Foreign exchange and money market trading experience, preferably in a
corporate treasury environment.
- Foreign exchange, money and capital market knowledge – instruments,
pricing, reporting
- Understanding of macro-economics and business environment
- Basic economic report writing
- Treasury administration queries handling
- MS Word and Excel
- Technical analysis will be an added advantage
Special skills/competencies:
- Mathematical abilities – good numerical skills, basic financial
mathematical skills
- Writing skills – economic reports
- Thoroughness and accuracy is critical
- Team player
- Calm under pressure
- Good time management
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good telephone manner (must be able to build relationships over the
phone)
- Pleasant personality
- Confident / assertive
- Committed and service oriented
- High ethical and professional standards
- Flexibility (client requirements vary)
- Keen to learn
Salary: R380000
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