Editorial summary

The company is a rapidly growing foreign wholesale bank in Singapore seeking an Interest Rate Trader to join its global markets franchise. The role involves managing interest rate trading positions and portfolios, providing market-making and pricing to corporate clients, and executing proprietary and client-driven strategies across IRS, CCS, FRA, bonds, IR structured products, and hedging solutions. Key requirements include strong experience in interest rate trading, pricing, and execution, with the ability to meet annual revenue targets; deep knowledge of multiple rate products and risk management is desirable. Compensation includes a salary of 25,000.

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Job description

[This job https://singapore.job-q.com/jobs/detail/interest-rate-trader-foreign-wholesale-bank-38901 first appeared in Job-Q.com on 20 Oct 2026]

Our client is a rapidly growing foreign wholesale bank in Singapore.  As part of their efforts to grow their global markets franchise, they are seeking to hire an Interest Rate Trader.  Key responsibilities include:

-    Manage interest rate trading positions and portfolios to achieve annual revenue targets by providing market-making and pricing to corporate clients

-    Execute proprietary and client-driven trading strategies across all interest rate products (IRS, CCS, FRA, Bonds, IR Structured products, B/S hedging solutions)

-    Provide competitive pricing, market-making and trade execution services to internal and external clients to generate revenue from flows as necessary

-    Generate trading ideas to sales team and identify market opportunities through macroeconomic, rate cycle and yield curve analysis.

-    Actively identify risk exposures, portfolio repositioning and hedging strategies.

-    Partner with Corporate Banking, Treasury Sales, DCM, Private Banking and Financial Institutions teams to originate and execute client hedging transactions.

-    Develop and promote interest rate risk management solutions tailored to client requirements regularly.

-    Support cross-selling initiatives involving FX, interest rates, fixed income and structured solutions as appropriate.

-    Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to expand Treasury business opportunities.

-    Ensure product area is compliant with risk limits, internal guidelines and regulations

-    Manage Ad-hoc projects as and when assigned by Head of Treasury

Requirements

-    8-15 years of related working experience holding portfolio in the Rates space within the Banking industry in Treasury Department

-    Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills

-    In depth product knowledge of fixed income, derivatives and market risk management

-    Knowledge of MAS regulations and experience in coaching younger team member

-    Coaching junior team members with guidance, instruction, mentorship and planning

-    Team player and yet ability to work effectively under pressure in a dynamic market environment 

We encourage interested qualified candidates to email an updated resume in word doc format indicating current and expected compensation to .

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

[Joe Chua, R1105627]

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