Senior Foreign Exchange Trader

3 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States Western Alliance Bank Full time
Senior Foreign Exchange Trader

This is an exciting opportunity for an FX professional to join Western Alliance Bank's growing foreign exchange team.

The role will initially involve trade execution, position, and risk management, but there will be ample opportunities to move into other roles over time, based on your interests and performance.

You should be interested in and knowledgeable about financial markets in general, with demonstrated proficiency in FX across all major and emerging market currencies.

Familiarity with market standard risk management, multi-dealer, and aggregation platforms, as well as information and pricing sources, including but not limited to Bloomberg and Refinitiv, would be a strong plus.

Western Alliance is one of the best performing banks in the country and we are expanding rapidly into new market segments and geographies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Launch our client-facing platform for trading at 8 am Eastern.
  • Monitor, price, and execute trades (spot, forward, swaps, NDFs, options), cover risk.
  • Produce internal reports and analysis, conduct research, back up other team members as and when needed.
  • Comply with regulatory, risk and compliance guidelines and adhere to best market practices, by being ethical and transparent in your interaction with all counterparties.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university and three (3) or more years of related experience and/or training.
  • At least 2 years in a trading or trading-adjacent role, with focus on foreign exchange, fixed income, structured products, equities, and/or derivatives.
  • An understanding of foreign exchange derivatives (forwards, time options/windows, swaps, NDFs, options); Understanding of foreign exchange markets and concepts, including quoting and trading conventions, market structure (or lack thereof), nuances of specific currency pairs, major price and market drivers, etc.
  • Familiarity with Bloomberg, Refinitiv's Eikon, or other market/business data platforms.
  • Some familiarity with execution/order management platforms such as Triton, Newport, EMSX/TSOX, REDI, CRD, SmartTrade or others would be desirable, even if they relate to asset classes other than FX.
  • Preferably some experience with FX-specific systems such as FXGO, FXall, 360T, as well as aggregation platforms such as Aphelion or Integral.

We offer competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program.

In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career.

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation.

Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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