Job Summary

Seeking a highly motivated MENA FX Market Maker to join the trading desk in Dubai.This will be an at Analyst/ Associate level based on the candidate skill set 

• Contribute to the MENA FX Team profitability. 
• Trade & risk manage a portfolio of MENA FX, Spot & Forward
• Manage a portfolio of peripheral currencies
• Interact and communicate regularly with Sales, Treasury Markets, Traders & other support functions to resolve issues/grow the business

Strategy

• Work within the FX Trading MENA team to support the business and identify the initiatives to grow the franchise in MENA as required 

Business

• Implementation of FX Trading MENA specific strategies to ensure that performance objectives and financial objectives are me
• Manage Funding and Nostros
• Build stronger and deeper relationships with Sales to offer clients better products and services
• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
• Communicate and articulate ideas and to articulate market views and translate into trading strategies
• Improve knowledge on related financial markets/products

Processes
•    Resolve settlement issues, check limits, etc
•    Analyse P&L on a daily basis. Keep management informed of P&L, risk, flows, issues

Key stakeholders
Internal
•    Local traders in MENA
•    FM Sales Team
•    Treasury Markets Team
•    Research 
•    Structuring 

External
•    Key clients and potential clients
•    Legal & tax advisors
•    Other Financial Services organizations
•    Leaders and influencers in business, cultural and community activities

Skills and Experience

• Trading or market making experience in Banking (FICC products).
• Strong understanding of Spot and forward markets 
• Strong Mathmatical Skills 
• CFA Level 1 Qualification or equivalent

Qualifications

•    Education       Undergraduate Degree
•    Languages     English, Arabic (Preferred)

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.