Nedbank Head: Structured Trading Solutions Jobs in South Africa
Job Purpose
Define, drive, and execute the strategic direction of the Global Markets business.
Align client needs, market dynamics, regulatory developments, and organisational capabilities into coherent, profitable, and future‑ready solutions.
Strengthen the Markets franchise by originating and delivering sophisticated, client‑led solutions.
Collaborate with Investment Banking and other business areas to unlock cross‑platform opportunities.
Originate, structure, and execute solutions across trading and banking products to deliver diversified, sustainable revenues.
Job Responsibilities
Portfolio & Financial Performance
Achieve set financial results by driving client‑led solutions.
Design and deliver client‑centric solutions (e.g., NBFI solutions, unlisted credit initiatives).
Translate client requirements into robust solutions and oversee execution.
Maintain alignment with client segments and trading teams.
Collaborate with Investment Banking to enhance solution breadth.
Strategic Market Insight & Risk Management
Apply deep understanding of market conditions and trading book dynamics.
Identify and develop initiatives for evolving client, regulatory, and competitive landscapes.
Drive “originate‑to‑distribute” ambitions across Nedbank.
Strengthen structuring capabilities across jurisdictions.
Build relationships with central banks, ministries of finance, and DFIs.
Facilitate product approvals and ensure regulatory alignment.
Pan‑African Strategy Execution
Integrate evolving regulatory requirements into product design.
Ensure solutions are compliant, commercially viable, and client‑aligned.
Collaborate across jurisdictions to expand product offerings and drive regional strategy.
Stakeholder Leadership & Organisational Alignment
Provide guidance on complex execution challenges.
Ensure organisational alignment across regulatory, technical, and governance stakeholders.
Essential Qualifications – NQF Level
Professional Qualifications / Honour’s Degree.
Preferred Qualification
Postgraduate degree in Quantitative Mathematics or related mathematical sciences.
Essential Certification
Applicable market and regulatory qualifications.
Type of Exposure
Global Markets market‑making and trading risk on South African IR products (Bonds, CCY swaps, credit products).
Multicurrency, multi‑asset‑class complex non‑linear Fixed Income, currency, and credit instruments.
Credit product structuring.
Monetising multicurrency, multi‑asset‑class complex non‑linear risk.
Managing non‑linear risk in multicurve environments.
Cross‑asset class management.
Minimum Experience Level
10 years trading structured rates products and managing risk.
Technical / Professional Knowledge
Communication strategies.
Diversity management.
Employee training/development.
Financial accounting principles.
Governance, risk, and controls.
Operations planning.
Organisational systems.
Project management principles.
Strategic planning.
Business writing skills.
Behavioural Competencies
Aligning performance for success.
Applied learning.
Earning trust.
Building talent.
Building partnerships.
Driving for results.
Technical/professional knowledge and skills.
Delegation and empowerment.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Nedbank Head: Structured Trading Solutions Jobs in South Africa
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