FI FX Sales - Associate/ VP

Who are we?

We are not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them.

We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion. At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.

Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.

What is the opportunity?

• Achieve profit target,  working closely with RM account officers, actively covering Financial Institutional  clients  ( Official Institutions and Bank Treasuries), providing them with information and trading ideas for a wide range of treasury products and always trying to provide the best service for customers with consideration of profitability and business promotion.
• Develop new instruments and customers to diversify and strengthen the foundation of our business.
• Assist the heads of Institutional Sales and MHBK Sales & Trading

What will you be doing?

[Strategy and Target Achievement]

• Understand the strategies and policies laid out in the Group business plan
• Share information within the Group and across other Groups within ETD and other centres of global market company.
• Achieve individual targets as agreed with Group Head

[Business Promotion]

• Provide treasury products and service to clients with high standards of service for customer satisfaction
• Communicate and co-operate well with market-making desks to secure consistent and competitive pricing for clients
• Maintain close relationship with RMs and FI FX team in Tokyo to approach  clients
• Research, development and introduce new products and new customers
• Work closely, in a manner that is compliant with MHBK policies, with Mizuho Securities colleagues.

 [Administration]

• Control credit risk for FI clients appropriately along with agreements
• Produce deal tickets and process the deals into systems correctly
• Prepare reports regularly (daily, weekly, monthly and yearly) upon request

What do you need to succeed?

• Broad Treasury products knowledge (especially Foreign Exchange), essential.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Precise operation skills, essential.
• Basic mathematical and system knowledge, desirable

What Mizuho can offer you

Here at Mizuho, there are fantastic progression opportunities and clear paths to promotion. We will give you ample opportunity to affect change and to help grow our business.

In addition to the great opportunity outlined above we are also currently able to offer:

• Competitive starting salary, plus discretionary bonus
• Non-contributory pension
• 27 days’ annual leave
• Core working hours*
• Hybrid working  - office and home based*
• Virtual GP
• Wellbeing benefits, including Mental Health Allies and First Aiders

*For applicable roles only

At Mizuho, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

At Mizuho we are committed to supporting equality, diversity and equality, and seek to create a workplace that is fully inclusive. We welcome applications from all sections of the community that we operate in and from all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, beliefs, gender identities and disabilities

If you require more information about our equal opportunities policy or wish to discuss any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team – recruitment@mhcb.co.uk and we will be happy to help.