Director, Emerging Market Credit Trading - US Overnight Trader

MUFG•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details. Job Overview / Responsibilities: Candidate to handle overnight trading activity of EM Credit markets for Asia & EMEA based trading teams. Responsible for managing market, credit & operational risk across electronic trading platform Partnering closely with sales & research teams to deliver timely commentary, trade ideas, market insights. Provide daily feedback to DCM, global sales & trading teams on market activity during US hours. Proactively provide hybrid sales/trading coverage of US based EM Institutional Investors Ensure performance and risk of strategies are aligned with firm’s risk framework and appetite Grow market-share, profitability of business and expand products traded & marketed as business develops Job Requirements & Skills: Strong quantitative skills, including thorough credit analysis, electronic trading, Bloomberg Strong interpersonal skills, working with a team and a strong communicator Work closely with operations, support, technology to ensure systems and activity operates safely, diligently focused on all operational risk components of business Deep understanding of credit and fixed income market structure, rules & regulations

Requirements

Strong quantitative skills, including thorough credit analysis, electronic trading, Bloomberg
Strong interpersonal skills, working with a team and a strong communicator
Work closely with operations, support, technology to ensure systems and activity operates safely, diligently focused on all operational risk components of business
Deep understanding of credit and fixed income market structure, rules & regulations
A minimum of 5 years of related Credit Trading work experience
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
Strong decision-making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgment
A pro-active, motivated approach
The ability to operate with urgency, prioritize work accordingly and multi-task
A creative and innovative approach to work
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint)
Relevant Regulatory Licensing preferred (Series 7,63)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher, MBA and/or CFA a plus

Responsibilities

Handle overnight trading activity of EM Credit markets for Asia & EMEA based trading teams.
Responsible for managing market, credit & operational risk across electronic trading platform
Partnering closely with sales & research teams to deliver timely commentary, trade ideas, market insights.
Provide daily feedback to DCM, global sales & trading teams on market activity during US hours.
Proactively provide hybrid sales/trading coverage of US based EM Institutional Investors
Ensure performance and risk of strategies are aligned with firm’s risk framework and appetite
Grow market-share, profitability of business and expand products traded & marketed as business develops