Job: Sr. Dealer - Treasury Trading

Location: Amman - Jordan

Industry: Banking

Job Summary:

Responsiblility  for effective management, oversight, and strategy of Foreign Exchange, interest rates and commodities activities, including (Fx Spot, Fx swaps and derivatives, Interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, and other IR derivatives, Commodity Spot, Commodity swaps and derivatives) , Oversight and management of Treasury Trading resources, Supporting Group Head – Treasury Trading to develop scenarios and modelling assumptions,  keeping senior stakeholders informed of market conditions, headwinds, opportunities, and risks, ensuring good lines of communication are maintained across all Treasury Front Office and Treasury support functions, Monitoring and managing risk to risk appetite using MI such as NOP, VaR, PV01, etc and Compliance with policies governing the Treasury Trading activities.

Job Duties:

• Oversight and support to Treasury Trading team members.
• Managing and monitoring FX, IR & Commodity risks.
• Support  Head – Treasury Trading to develop FX & IR risk management strategies.
• Manage FX & IR risks and perform activities in line with approved strategy.
• Ensure strict adherence to policies governing the Treasury Trading activities by trading team members.
• Ensuring the effective controls environment of the Trading and wider Treasury unit.
• Communicating the main FX & IR trading issues, risks, and challenges to the Group Head & Head – Treasury Trading and other stakeholders.
• Managing relationships with internal and external parties, including banks, international branches, Middle Office, Treasury Risk, and TROPS.
• Undertake strategic FX & IR analysis and recommend hedging strategy and hedge requirements.

Skills and competencies:

• Degree qualified, ideally postgraduate in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics).
• Treasury qualifications from a recognized body.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in active FX & Interest Rates or a combination of FX & Interest Rates and Treasury risk-focused roles, ideally from a global or large regional bank.
• Experienced in modeling, statistics, and/or financial mathematics.
• Good understanding of Treasury best practices (e.g., Basel Committee of Banking Supervision and/or other frameworks).
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Effective leader and team player.
• Good communication and presentation skills within the Treasury function and related departments.
• Fluent command of English.
• Proactive self-starter who searches for solutions.
• Creative thinker, problem solver – analytical and commercial.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask effectively.
• Appropriate knowledge of required Central Bank regulations.
• Good understanding of the banking market, different market sectors, and the bank’s products and services.
• Strong negotiation, networking, and relationship-building skills.