Global Banking & Markets - FICC Trading, Vice President, Tokyo

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.


Short Term Macro Trading - Rates / FX

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Team Overview

The short macro trading desk is the central trading hub for FX and interest rate derivatives in G10 markets. The desk manages the following products with a primary focus on front-end: FX forwards/swaps, interest rate swaps, and cross currency basis swaps. Traders on the desk have broad responsibilities such as market making, risk management, and trading strategy generation based on market/data analysis. Additionally, traders will need to interact with sales and clients, sharing ideas and market views.

Primary Responsibilities

• Pricing and trade execution in FX/rates derivatives
• Manage risk inventory in trading books maintained for client facilitation
• Active generation of trade ideas and sharing market views to promote franchise
• Coordinate with sales and structuring to provide solutions/services to clients
• Liaise with relevant internal functions to comply with all applicable internal rules and external regulations
  

Preferred Qualifications and Experiences

• 5-10 years of relevant work experience
• Relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification with an excellent academic record
• Strong analytical and numerical competency
• Excellent communication skills
• Great team player
• Solid work ethic and high levels of motivation
  
  

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at /careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.