Junior Fixed Income Trader Centralised Trading Desk (Asset Management, 1-Year FTC)

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Role:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Trader to join our Fixed Income Centralised Trading Desk on a temporary basis with the potential to transition into a permanent role. This position offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in trade execution across a broad range of fixed income asset classes including instruments denominated in both developed and emerging market currencies.

As a Junior Trader you will support senior traders and portfolio managers in executing trades monitoring markets and contributing to the overall efficiency of the Centralised Trading Desk. You will also play a key role in helping to build and enhance trading tools and analytics contributing to innovation across the desk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the execution of trades across asset classes such as government bonds credit rates and securitized products ensuring best execution practices.
• Monitor market developments economic indicators and geopolitical events to support trading decisions.
• Collaborate with senior traders portfolio managers and analysts.
• Support the development and enhancement of trading tools and dashboards to improve execution data analysis and workflow efficiency.
• Maintain and update trading systems and tools to support efficient execution and data analysis.
• Contribute to ongoing efforts to improve trading processes systems and execution quality.
• Develop a strong understanding of portfolio strategies to better support investment objectives.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Up to five years of experience in fixed income trading or a related role preferably on the buy-side.
• Familiarity with trading platforms and order management systems is a plus (e.g. Bloomberg MarketAxess Tradeweb).
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a keen interest in financial markets.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills; able to work well in a collaborative team environment.
• Progress toward CFA designation is a plus.
• Proficiency in coding and data tools such as Python SQL and Power BI; experience building dashboards automating workflows or developing analytics tools is highly desirable.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at .

We hope youre excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.