Specialist: FICC Sales

Responsibilities

Support the growth of institutional real‑money and hedge fund clients across the UK, Europe and selected international markets, delivering Absa’s Africa‑focused FICC flow proposition. The role supports senior sales by ensuring high‑quality trade execution across FICC products (FX, bonds, derivatives), developing institutional client relationships and enabling effective collaboration across sales, trading and operations to drive revenue retention and growth. The person will execute trades accurately and efficiently, support deal flow and client requests, market trading axes and research ideas aligned to client mandates, leverage internal research to contribute to informed client conversations, and capture client feedback to inform product and trading strategy.

The role also requires close coordination with cross‑border sales teams, contribution to client meetings and events, and active use of digital, CRM and data tools to improve execution quality, transparency and sales effectiveness.

The successful candidate will have 7‑8 years’ financial markets experience with exposure to institutional client sales, trading support or client servicing, a solid understanding of FICC products, strong execution discipline, commercial awareness, and the right to work in the United Kingdom, with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or a related field. Bachelor’s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas:
Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required).