Head of FX Trading (m|f|x) London

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an outstanding Head of FX to optimise the value from the FX propositions across our Group. You'll be responsible for the FX product within our Markets business as well as leading the pan-LBG FX strategy through collaboration with partners across the Group.

Tasks

• Lead all aspects of the FX product within the Financial Markets business ensuring flawless execution to deliver growth objectives
• Lead a team of highly skilled traders, encouraging a collaborative and inclusive work environment, and embracing innovation.
• Ensure pricing and risk management in accordance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain relationships, both within the organisation and externally, to figure out the best approaches to evolve the FX proposition.
• Track and analyse market trends finding opportunities and mitigating risks
• Provide input to the establishment and maintenance of a risk management framework and ensures its implementation within area of responsibility encompassing principles, policies, methodologies, systems, internal controls including adequate and appropriate oversight of trading activities and effective trading controls, processes, procedures and people in line with risk appetite
• Lead the overall FX strategy within LBG in collaboration with the other divisions to deliver ambitious growth for the Group.
• Drive coherent Group-wide investment decisions across our FX propositions encompassing market making and client trading, transactional FX for payments, and overseas transactions & international payments.
• Deliver clear and actionable insights on FX performance to senior management to craft the future of FX within LBG.

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

• Proven experience and a deep understanding of global FX markets.
• Outstanding leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with dedication to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organisation.
• A strategic and strongly analytical approach with the ability to think critically and make data-driven decisions.

That awaits you

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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Location

25 Gresham Street, GB-EC2V 7HN London