Director, Fixed Income & Structured Credit Trading

Role Overview

Director, Fixed Income & Structured Credit Trading at Mashreq. The role is based at the Bank and supports execution of fixed income and structured credit trading activities across approved products, markets and jurisdictions.

Role Purpose

Support and execute the Bank's fixed income and structured credit trading activities while contributing to sustainable risk-adjusted revenues, managing assigned trading positions within approved limits, supporting client execution requirements, and maintaining disciplined pricing, hedging, liquidity and risk management standards.

Key Responsibilities

Trading Execution & Revenue

• Execute fixed income and structured credit trading activities in line with approved desk strategy, mandates and risk appetite.
• Contribute to revenue generation and risk-adjusted returns across assigned trading books and product areas.
• Provide competitive pricing, liquidity and execution support to Sales and Structuring teams.
• Support trading across bonds, sukuk, credit products, structured notes, credit-linked instruments and other approved fixed income or structured credit products.

Position & Risk Management

• Manage assigned positions, inventory, hedging strategies and market risk within approved limits.
• Monitor market developments, credit trends, liquidity conditions, issuer performance, rates movements and macroeconomic factors affecting trading activity.
• Ensure trades are priced, executed, booked, confirmed and monitored in accordance with approved procedures.

Stakeholder Management & Client Service

• Support client franchise growth through responsive execution, market insight and product expertise.
• Work closely with Sales, Structuring, Research, Risk and Control Functions to deliver market-making, client facilitation and structured credit solutions.

Governance & Discipline

• Maintain strong market conduct, governance, control and escalation discipline across trading activities.
• Deliver activities in line with Treasury & Global Markets strategy, governance standards and regulatory expectations.

Continuous Improvement

• Support desk initiatives relating to product development, process improvement, analytics, automation and platform enhancement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Engineering or a related discipline; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• CFA, FRM, ACI Dealing Certificate or equivalent markets qualification preferred.
• Significant experience in fixed income trading, structured credit, credit markets, debt capital markets or investment banking.
• Experience working with Sales, Structuring, Risk, Operations and Control Functions in a regulated financial institution.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of bonds, sukuk, credit products, structured notes, credit-linked instruments, hedging and market-making.
• Good understanding of market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, valuation, capital usage, trade lifecycle and regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical capability and commercial judgment.
• Execution discipline and ability to operate under pressure.
• Stakeholder management capability.