Analyst Currencies & Emerging Markets Trading – Southern Cone (Year 1)
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Job Location:
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join our Southern Cone CEM Trading desk and help drive disciplined risk management and innovative trading strategies in FX markets. As a Trading Analyst youll collaborate with traders sales Market Risk Finance and Operations to deliver accurate trade capture insightful analytics and well-structured trade ideas. We value proactive detail-oriented professionals who thrive in fast-paced environments and are committed to operational excellence.
As a Southern Cone CEM Trading Analyst in our Markets team you will focus on robust risk and control execution daily P&L production and explain position and limit reporting and delivering well-structured trade idea proposals in FX products across Argentina Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia. You will partner closely with stakeholders to ensure accurate trade capture disciplined controls and data-driven insights that support risk-aware revenue generation.
Job Responsibilities
- Execute daily front-to-back trade capture controls for FX products in ARS UYU PYG and BOB; investigate and resolve trade position and valuation breaks with Middle Office and Operations
- Monitor and report desk risk versus limits perform end-of-day checks and contribute to T0/T1 sign-offs
- Maintain and enhance desk procedures pre-trade checklists and control evidence; escalate breaches or anomalies and document remediation
- Uphold conduct regulatory and supervisory standards including order handling practices and information barriers
- Produce daily P&L and risk explain with clear attribution to drivers; reconcile desk P&L with Finance and resolve discrepancies
- Build maintain and automate desk dashboards and MIS to summarize positions P&L limit usage and scenario risk; contribute to morning notes and reporting
- Propose succinct risk-aware trade ideas in spot forwards/NDFs and options with thesis entry levels scenarios risks and unwind plans
- Maintain relative value monitors and pricing sheets to inform trade selection
- Support supervised pricing of RFQs run scenario analyses and coordinate with Sales on client flows within approved controls
- Focus on funding and trading the front end of the curve in local markets
- Partner with Market Risk Finance Operations and Technology to ensure alignment and support lifecycle events settlements and data quality
Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills
- Bachelors degree in Finance Economics Mathematics Engineering Computer Science or related field
- Up to 1 year of relevant markets experience (internships included) with demonstrable interest in FX and emerging markets
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills; proficiency in Excel (formulas pivots; VBA) and at least one of Python or SQL
- Foundational understanding of FX products (spot forwards NDFs; options) P&L attribution and basic risk metrics
- Knowledge of Southern Cone macroeconomics and local market structure across Argentina Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish
- Detail-oriented control-focused proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced trading environment
- Regulatory licenses
Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills
- Familiarity with capital flow dynamics and settlement conventions
- Experience with automation and dashboarding tools
- Proven ability to drive process improvements
- Commitment to accuracy and compliance
- Experience working in multinational organizations
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- ArcGIS
- Intelligence Community Experience
- GIS
- Python
- Computer Networking
- Data Collection
- Intelligence Experience
- R
- Relational Databases
- Analysis Skills
- Data Management
- Application Development
About Company
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