Analyst

Your tasks

The Analyst will support a Senior Portfolio Manager running a cross-asset macro portfolio anchored in FX and FX volatility, with an Asia bias, alongside interest rate, equity index and commodity options. The portfolio is options-led and event-driven. The role covers the pricing, structuring and risk management of linear and non-linear positions (vanilla and exotic rates and FX options),the identification of relative value and macro opportunities across Asian andG10 rates and FX volatility, monitoring of portfolio risk through the Asian trading day, and the development of pricing and analytics tools, drawing on direct experience market making Asia rates options and managing interest rate exotics and volatility risk at a major investment bank.

• Generate and support relative value and directional trade ideas across Asian and G10 interest rate and FX volatility, expressing macro views through vanilla and exotic options, swaptions, swaps and FX forwards with attention to convexity, carry and event risk.
• Price, structure and execute linear and non-linear positions, including interest rate and FX exotics and hybrid structures, and analyse volatility surfaces, skew and term structure to identify dislocations and cheap optionality.
• Monitor and manage portfolio risk (delta, gamma, vega, correlation and scenario exposures) during Asian trading hours, re-evaluating positions for risk-reward and liquidity and working within the team's risk limits and the firm's centrally-driven risk and operational framework.
• Build and maintain pricing, scenario analysis and screening tools in Python that automate desk workflows and identify volatility opportunities across rates, FX and other option markets.
• Track central bank policy, macro data and market flows across Asia and G10 markets, provide market commentary and research to the Portfolio Manager, and support execution with dealer counterparties.

Requirements

Qualifications/Skills Required

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in rates and/or FX derivatives trading, structuring or market making at a major investment bank or buy-side firm, with direct responsibility for an options or volatility risk book.
• Demonstrated experience pricing and risk-managing Asian and USD interest rate options, interest rate exotics and hybrid products, and familiarity with FX-linked structured products.
• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or a related quantitative discipline from a leading institution, with a strong academic record.
• Strong understanding of volatility markets, including surface construction, skew, term structure, carry and relative value across rates and FX options.
• Working knowledge of Python or a similar language applied to pricing, analytics and workflow automation; proficiency with Bloomberg.
• Experience covering Asia markets across Singapore, Hong Kong or Seoul and fluency in English, and Korean or another Asian language an advantage in view of support across Asia market
• Strong communication skills, disciplined risk management and the ability to work closely with a Portfolio Manager in adynamic multi-strategy trading environment.