Fxo Trader

Job ID: 37400

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Financial Markets

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 22 Aug 2025

**Job Summary**-
- Our Markets Traders identify, analyse and execute opportunities in the market, supporting the needs of our clients in a professional and fully compliant way. Our Markets business aims to become the leading emerging markets fixed income, financing, and securities service franchise, and a leader in sustainable finance, advisory, trading and asset servicing.- The business will achieve this by expanding product capabilities, building on footprint market strength, developing our talent and using technology to transform our ways of working. We’re looking for highly capable individuals to join us and maintain the highest levels of integrity and professionalism, in line with our valued behaviours.**About Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB)**
For more than 170 years we’ve support clients with their transaction banking, financial markets, corporate finance and borrowing needs and provide solutions to nearly 20,000 clients in the world’s fastest-growing economies and most active trade corridors.- Responsibilities**Strategy**
- Assist in developing and implementing strategy for FX Options in Asia.
- Assist in enhancing the risk management tools and systems for FX Option books
- Assist in training the team members on the knowledge and risk management
- Identify business development opportunities by developing and marketing the volatility and correlation product suite
- Maximise total product income by ensuring effective end to end client risk management/service
- Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role

**Business**
- Generate revenue for the bank through trading FX options
- Communicate with Global FXO team updating relevant book-runners in case of significant market events as per desk procedures.
- Help SCB gain a foothold and build a solid foundation in the Flow FXO and structured and correlation space through competitive pricing, market commentaries and idea generation in FX Options
- Understand wider business, economic and market environment in which the firm operates
- Deepen existing client relationships through regular conversations and by giving market colour in line with guidelines
- To work with Sales and RM to market the options product suite, identify new prospects and client opportunities.
- To explore new products and structures to increase the breadth and depth of the market
- Manage risk from client trades
- Seek and take advantage of market opportunities

**Processes**
- Accountable for establishing and maintaining frameworks to ensure FXO processes are efficient, appropriate and compliant. Particularly for the structured product and correlation team
- Accountable for effective management of operational risks within FXO.
- Exercise all supervisory responsibilities as outlined in the FM Code of Conduct.
- Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations. Ensure that the business meets its obligations the prevention of money laundering under the Group Policy and Standards and under local laws and regulations. Ensure that there are appropriate and documented internal controls and procedures in place. Monitor the operation of such procedures and controls and regularly review them to ensure that they reflect any changes in products, systems, policy and regulations
- Key Stakeholders**Internal**
- Global Head, FXO
- Global Head of Macro Trading
- Head of Structuring, West
- Regional Heads of Sales, Investors and Corporates
- Global FXO traders
- Support functions like Back and Middle Office

**External**
- Key clients and potential clients
- Local and regional regulators
- Financial Services organisations and relevant trade bodies and associations-
- 2+ years of experience as Trader in Foreign Exchange markets within a Bank
- Experience in market-making and risk-managing flow vanilla and first generation products.
- Robust up-to-date Macro understanding of G10 and likely impact on relevant FX markets
- Experience in FX rates and Derivatives
- Strong communication skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Role Specific Technical Competencies- Investments
- Customer Behaviour and Preferences
- Financial Mathematics
- Market Risk
- Trading

**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 diver