Junior Inflation Derivative Trader

Financial Markets (FM) is the Bank’s gateway to the professional markets around the world. Our primary function is to service the needs of ING’s clients with products, services and guidance. FM aims to be a significant player in our market leader and challenger markets, with an additional presence in all the major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products.

Your role

You will be the supporting trader helping to manage the inflation derivative book. Business is done with both corporate and institutional customers and in various inflation indices. Next to managing the inflation risks, you will be contributing to the further build-out of our inflation derivative franchise.

The inflation derivative trading desk is part of the bigger Rates trading team at ING, which also includes trading teams in Amsterdam, the CEE region, NY and Asia.

Your key responsibilities

Servicing sales/customers

• Assure accurate and swift pricing service
• Build good relationships with sales, internal and external customers in order to increase the franchise

Managing market risks

• Analyse trading books and adjust positions while optimizing revenue and staying within limits at all time
• Maintain a high focus on the different inflation markets and generate trade ideas

Contributing to the build-up of the inflation desk

• Cooperate with internal quant teams to build/improve pricing tools
• Further expand the mandate and unlock new inflation products and markets

Who we are looking for?

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As a junior Inflation derivative trader you will also need:

• a master’s degree in finance and/or Economics
• to be fluent in English
• relevant inflation / rates derivatives trading experience
• very good coding (Python, VBA, Q) & Excel skills
• excellent attention to detail,
• strong desire to learn, explore, and understand financial markets
• the ability to take decisions under pressure and maintain the highest level of accuracy in performing the relevant tasks
• to have a proactive behaviour with perpetual energy and drive to improve performance
• to be an effective team player with good interpersonal and communication skills

Rewards & benefits  

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions here.  

The benefits of working with us at ING include: 

• A salary indication of 5.212 - 8.387 EUR based on 36 hours per week, tailored to your qualities and experience
• 36 or 40 hour workweek
• Individual leave: 24+2 individual holiday days based on 36 hr workweek
• Diversity leave: 3 days per year (1,5 paid, 1,5 unpaid)
• CSR days: up to 2 days per year to actively engage in society by volunteering
• 13th month salary8% Holiday payment
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• Mobility card (free travelling in the weekends)
• Attractive pension scheme
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

Questions?

Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement for more information. Want to apply directly? Please upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the “Apply” button.

Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.

About us 

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us and apply today!