FirstRand Corporate Centre

Trading Desk Support Enablement Specialist

FirstRand Corporate Centre  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  6 days ago
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Job Description

Join a high-impact XVA & Structuring Middle Office supporting front office trading and structuring teams across derivatives and financing products. This role sits at the core of the XVA value chain, ensuring accurate trade capture, risk representation, valuation alignment, and lifecycle integrity across CVA, FVA, MVA, and related adjustments.
You will operate in close partnership with XVA Trading, Structuring, Quantitative Analytics, Risk, Technology and Product Control, providing critical oversight, control, and insight to enable profitable, well-controlled, and scalable XVA activity.

  • Are you someone who has an interest or experience in:

  • Supporting trading desks by ensuring seamless execution and lifecycle management of client and internal transactions
  • Identifying, analysing, and resolving trade breaks, valuation discrepancies, and operational issues in a timely manner
  • Engaging with internal stakeholders and, where required, clients to resolve trade-related queries and escalations
  • Analysing trade flows and improving operational accuracy, efficiency, and control effectiveness
  • Understanding global market dynamics and their impact on trading activity and desk risk profiles
  • Driving process improvements, automation initiatives, and scalable operating models across trading support functions
  • Maintaining robust risk and control frameworks, ensuring adherence to regulatory and internal governance standards
  • Performing and interpreting P&L attribution and valuation drivers for trading books
  • Supporting new product onboarding, structuring initiatives, and system/process enhancements
  • Developing an understanding of the risk profile of the trading book, ensuring accurate trade capture and risk representation
  • Monitoring trading activity, proactively identifying issues, and escalating where necessary to ensure timely resolution
  • You Will Be An Ideal Candidate If You Have:

  • Honours Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
  • Professional certifications such as CFA, FRM, or CQF would be advantageous
  • 3 – 5 years’ relevant experience in Middle Office, Product Control, XVA support, or Markets Operations within a global markets environment
  • Working knowledge of derivatives, valuation methodologies, and counterparty/XVA risk concepts
  • Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret P&L, valuation movements, and risk sensitivities
  • Experience working with Trading Platforms such as Murex or Front Arena
  • Exposure to XVA frameworks, collateral management, and exposure modelling is advantageous
  • Advanced Excel skills; knowledge of SQL, Python, or VBA beneficial for automation and data analysis
  • Ability to engage effectively with trading, structuring, quant, risk, and technology teams
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical and quantitative concepts into clear, actionable insights
  • High attention to detail, strong ownership mindset, and ability to perform in a fast-paced, front-office-facing environment
  • You will have access to:

  • Opportunities to network and collaborate
  • Challenging work
  • Opportunities to innovate
  • We can be a match if you are:

  • Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough
  • Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
  • Love putting our clients at the forefront of what you do
  • Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now!

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Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

02/06/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

FirstRand Corporate Centre

About FirstRand Corporate Centre

The FirstRand Corporate Centre houses many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services group. The Corporate Centre’s stakeholders are external, such as regulators, shareholders, global developmental institutions and government; and also internal, mainly the market-leading businesses that service the group’s customers. These critical functions cover risk, compliance, governance, internal audit, treasury, finance and tax amongst many others. They require deep specialist and technical skills and ultimately represent the custodianship of the FirstRand group’s licence to operate.

Employees of the Corporate Centre develop a very unique perspective of the group because nowhere else can you own or be part of a mandate that operates across the portfolio. This allows for both big picture thinking and operational learning. It is also a great place to drive collaboration and a place to have a significant impact.

The Corporate Centre has adopted a blended approach to working, with a focus on balancing remote working and connections with colleagues in the workplace. Face-to-face interactions remain important to its way of working as these connections protect the business’s social capital, which is key to ensuring that FirstRand’s unique culture stays alive and continues to thrive.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Sandton, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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