Trading Structurer at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Are you someone who can: 

• Finding opportunity to originate deals by remaining alert to banks and clients’ problems.
• Scenario-plan with the team to identify opportunities.
• Identify potential problems and advise client and bank accordingly.
• Manage multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving.
• Simplify complex back-end constraints for cohesive front-end solution.
• Price products and check consistency with the market.
• Liaise with Sales/Structurers and Traders.
• Manage information flow between clients and Trading.
• Provide intuition, explanations and data analysis interpretation when required.
• Understanding system constraints and trouble-shooting booking issues.
• Conduct scenario analysis and understanding stresses.
• Ensure regulations are incorporated into product pricing and solution.
• Research trends in market and information-finding to remain innovative.
• Understanding both Institutional and Corporate clients and their requirements.
• Technical Structurer may also manage less experienced Technical Structurers.
• Interact with relevant sales desk to ensure quick and efficient pricing of required transactions.
• Liaise with Traders confirming levels, liquidity and other market information as a transaction becomes more live.
• Book transactions in the relevant trading systems ensuring the correct product construction.
• Troubleshoot any downstream issues with infrastructure.
• Liaise with middle and back office to ensure issues that arise are addressed or escalated promptly (continue throughout transaction life cycle).
• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes.
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders’ requirements are delivered.
• Preserves relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts.
• Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback.
• Act speedily to resolve problems, queries and complaints.
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences.
• Demonstrates pride in the organization’s brand, services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise.
• Plan and manage own workflow, anticipating obstacles, juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed timeframes and according to quality standards.
• Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new development.
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback.
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others.
• Take ownership of personal career development, leveraging formal and informal opportunities.
• Act in an ethical, transparent and morally defensible manner, including highlighting unethical practices.
• Continually share, debate and communicate learning’s.
• Flag and debate issues constructively.

You will be an ideal candidate if you

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