Associate / VP

City of London

Permanent

Negotiable

Sales and Trading

PR/595531_1780576319

Industry & Company Context

A leading global investment bank with a strong UK Corporate & Investment Banking platform and a well established Corporate Rates franchise in London. The team partners closely with UK domiciled corporates across a broad range of sectors, providing interest rate risk management and balance‑sheet solutions. The role sits within the Corporate Rates / Solutions desk, working alongside Corporate Banking, DCM, FX and Trading to deliver integrated derivatives solutions to UK corporate clients.

Role Impact & Ownership

The Associate / VP will play a front office, client facing role advising UK corporates on interest rate hedging and funding strategies. Responsibilities include structuring, pricing and executing interest rate derivatives, managing day to day client relationships, and driving transaction flow. At VP level, the role includes greater origination responsibility, ownership of key client relationships and mentoring junior team members.

Core Domain Expertise

UK corporate interest rate risk management
Vanilla and structured rates products
Funding and balance sheet optimisation
Understanding of regulatory, accounting and documentation considerations for UK corporates

Technical Skills (Clustered)

Rates Products: IRS, OIS, caps, floors, swaptions, callable structures
Analytics & Pricing: Yield curves, discounting, sensitivities (DV01/PV01)
Systems: Bloomberg, internal pricing and risk systems
Execution: Trade booking, confirmations and ISDA documentation exposure

Target Backgrounds & Adjacent Pathways

Corporate Rates / Solutions Sales desks
Corporate Banking derivatives or treasury solutions teams
DCM or Structured Finance roles with strong rates exposure
Associate to VP level candidates from tier one or strong tier two institutions

Soft Skills & Cross‑Functional Traits

Strong client facing and commercial mindset
Ability to communicate clearly with treasurers, CFOs and senior stakeholders
Comfortable working across Sales, Trading, Legal and Risk
Organised, detail oriented and able to manage multiple live transactions

Flexible Qualifications

Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or related discipline
Associate: ~3-5 year's experience | VP: ~6-10 year's experience
Professional qualifications beneficial but not essential

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