Associate FX Sales BCB Markets (m|f|x) London

Business and Commercial Banking (BCB) Markets is accepting applications for an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious, diverse, and proven team of regulated sales professionals serving approximately 3,000 RBB, Private Banking, SME, and Mid-Corporate clients. You’ll join a team that handles sales, execution, and facilitation of FX transactions for SME and Mid-Corporate clients, supporting these clients at key stages of their business lifecycle and providing financial markets support.

This role will focus on growing our business in new areas and will give the successful candidate the opportunity to engage with clients new to the bank and clients new to the product to manage foreign currency and commodity risk. By doing this, we aim to deliver sustainable growth across our franchise.

The market- and customer-facing nature of this role requires a focused, results-oriented individual with a strong interest in financial markets. You should be excited about a customer-facing role and either already hold the necessary certifications or be willing, with our full support, to take the exams required to execute trades and communicate with clients independently.

Our team culture is highly supportive and engaging, while also emphasizing professional development. We encourage our teams to learn about other product areas so that we can deliver a comprehensive service strategy for our clients. We are strong advocates for all our product partners and ensure that a robust referral process fosters excellent behavior, supports personal development, and opens up potential career opportunities.

We all share a passion for developing our digital offering in a competitive marketplace and leveraging technology to enhance the client and colleague experience. As such, we are at the forefront of an investment program to build innovative digital solutions that complement the expertise on the desk. Together with the broader Business & Commercial Bank, we play a key role in Helping Britain Prosper, and the successful candidate will be at the heart of this strategy.

Tasks

• The successful candidate will convert new-to-bank and new-to-product opportunities into established FX trading clients.
• Digitize the client’s FX journey by onboarding clients to our ‘Connected’ platform.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including coverage teams and product specialists, to drive cross-business opportunities.
• You’ll have the exciting opportunity to develop and implement a business plan to ensure successful performance against financial growth targets.
• Price and structure simple and complex FX risk management solutions, executing these with our clients.
• Engage with clients throughout our sales process, managing documentation and ensuring clients understand the products we offer to help them manage their financial risks.
• Build a network with coverage colleagues and leverage these relationships to ensure performance against our business plan

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

• A passion for financial markets and the ability to demystify them for clients, while responding to economic and political events in real time.
• Be articulate, driven, and tenacious, with a keen interest in financial markets and geopolitics. Bring energy and perseverance to work every day, maintain a curious mindset, and connect with our clients by tailoring your approach to each individual client.
• Ability to identify innovative solutions and present them to multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
• A problem solver capable of handling a variety of tasks and priorities.

That awaits you

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-based bonus
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Benefits you can tailor to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days of vacation, plus bank holidays
• A range of wellness initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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Location

25 Gresham Street, GB-EC2V 7HN London