Treasury Funding Desk Trader – Associate/Vice President

Nomura

Treasury Funding Desk Trader responsible for managing liquidity and FX swaps across entities. Collaborating globally with a focus on investment optimization and risk management.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonVBA

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The individual will be member of the EMEA Funding team, sitting in Frankfurt (six individuals) covering activities for the global organization, managing seven local entities, and providing follow-the-sun coverage for Japan, AEJ and US entities during EMEA hours.
The role involves working in a fast-paced environment and managing time-sensitive critical tasks in a controlled and logical manner.
This role offers the opportunity to build breadth in your career due to the multiple products covered by a small team, and the exposure to other Finance department heads and across the businesses.
Key objectives critical to success: Investment of Liquidity Pool subject to regulatory and internal investment guidelines, and liquidity models.
Maximise P&L by optimising across currencies held.
Portfolio management of HQLA ASW bond book to achieve P&L target.
FX swaps funding and execution across 30+ currencies with spot hedging of Balance Sheet exposures/ Optimise P&L by careful management of tenor profile.
Communication and consultation with the business units on issuance, investment and hedging policies, and ensuring appropriate controls in place around funding requirements and behaviour.
Daily interaction with Cash Management, Secured Financing Desks in Fixed Income and Equities as well as other divisions to estimate funding requirements on a daily and forward-looking basis to maintain compliance with internal limit guidelines.
Identification and realisation of funding efficiencies, execution optimisation and risk mitigation opportunities, including close collaboration with the local capital and collateral teams.
Ensure compliance with regulatory, credit and management-imposed liquidity and risk management requirements.
Maintenance of liquidity facilities at local central banks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in a front office Treasury / Funding desk, or other front office experience such as FX, repo, or HQLA portfolio management.
A desire to build breadth in your career and gain exposure to senior management locally and globally as part of a small but multi-skilled team.
Communication and collaboration despite being in a remote location is key to success in this role.
Outstanding Excel skills with VBA or Python experience a strong benefit.
Ability to model complex concepts and to use enhanced custom built functions.
Inquisitive, analytical and logical mindset with thorough approach to execution and problem solving.
The ideal candidate will be articulate and able to adapt communications to a variety of stakeholders.
Quick-thinking and calm under pressure.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Working from home flexibility is offered

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Hard Skills & Tools

portfolio managementFX swaps fundingliquidity modelsP&L optimizationHQLA portfolio managementrisk managementfinancial modelingVBAPythonExcel

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationanalytical mindsetproblem solvingadaptabilityquick-thinkingcalm under pressurelogical mindsetinquisitiveexecution