PaveBank - Senior Trader

London, United Kingdom1w ago

In Office Senior EMEA Banking Cryptocurrency Senior Advisor SQL Excel Python Digital Marketing Reporting Business Development

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in FX, OTC execution, treasury, or liquidity management at a buy-side/sell-side institution, bank, broker, crypto firm, or fintech. • Platform Mastery: Advanced proficiency using industry-standard trading software and financial data platforms (e.g., Bloomberg Terminal). • Multi-Asset Knowledge: A solid grasp of global financial markets, including FX (G20 & EM), fixed income products, derivatives, and digital assets. Hands-on experience trading digital assets is a major plus. • AI Mindset: Active familiarity with AI tools and automation methods to optimise personal workflows, solve complex operational challenges, and scale desk capacity. • Technical & Quantitative Skills: Highly numerate with advanced Excel capabilities. Experience with SQL, Python, or building custom trading/treasury tools is a major bonus. • Decisive & Risk-Disciplined: Strong risk fundamentals with the confidence to make quick, well-calibrated decisions in live, fast-moving markets. • Communicator & Builder: Clear, confident communication style to lead partner discussions. A strong bias toward action, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where execution speed is critical. • If you read through this description and don't check off every single box, but you have a strong foundation in market dynamics, a passion for digital assets, and a deep appetite to build — apply anyway. We care much more about your drive, your adaptability, and your capacity to learn than a 100% match on a checklist.

Responsibilities

• HIGH-IMPACT EXECUTION • Execute multi-asset trades across FX, digital assets, and fixed income across global corridors with high precision, speed, and strict risk discipline. • Build and manage the firm's OTC book, actively sourcing the next high-value trading opportunities for the desk. • Devise and implement execution strategies for the desk to maximise risk-adjusted returns. • TREASURY & RISK MANAGEMENT • Manage real-time FX and digital asset exposures within defined limits, running smart hedging and inventory positioning across 30+ currencies. • Own intraday and end-of-day treasury operations across banks, OTC desks, exchanges, and digital wallets — maximising capital efficiency and driving idle funds to capture yield. • PARTNER & COUNTERPARTY STRATEGY • Help manage and expand our network of liquidity providers and OTC counterparties. • Onboard partners, benchmark pricing performance, and eliminate single points of failure across active trading corridors. • CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION • Collaborate directly with Operations, Compliance, Finance, and Commercial teams on settlement flows, transaction monitoring, and business development. • AI, TOOLING & PROCESS INNOVATION • Champion the use of AI tools and automation to streamline daily desk reporting, market analysis, and treasury forecasts, cutting out manual friction wherever it lives.