Director, Rates
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is seeking a qualified and experienced candidate to serve in a full-time professional capacity as Director within the Rates Division. This position offers the candidate an opportunity of working closely with both senior European policymakers and senior individuals at leading investment banks in the European sovereign debt markets, to help shape policy in probably the most challenging financial market environment in a generation. It is an opportunity to work on the cutting edge of regulatory and market policy developments whilst keeping in close contact with the business.
The successful candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with the AFME membership, relevant policymakers and other stakeholders in the European sovereign debt markets. They will monitor developments in regulation, policy and market structure that affect the sovereign debt markets, formulate industry-wide responses to these developments and represent the industry at meetings and industry events.
Essential requirements for this role are:
- First class communication (oral and written English) and listening skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and confidence to liaise and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Professional maturity; credibility and impact
- Ability to synthesise large volumes of information and identify key issues
- Able to work through complicated complex technical matters, build consensus across member firms and communicate with both specialists and non-specialists in a clear, concise and straightforward manner
- Project management skills to keep work streams on track
- Ability to produce high quality work to meet challenging deadlines
- Flexibility to adapt to changing work demands and different styles of working
- Adaptability to work in teams and to lead work streams independently
- Technical rigour and attention to detail
- Good command of MS Office tools
- Willing to take on topics beyond current expertise and develop new knowledge quickly; able to prioritise and multi-task efficiently
The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of the sovereign debt markets gained during working experience in trading, origination, syndication, research or other relevant fields. Previous experience of managing working groups and engaging in external meeting/conferences and an interest in European policymaking is essential.
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) represents a broad array of European and global participants in the wholesale financial markets. Its members comprise pan-EU and global banks as well as key regional banks, brokers, law firms, investors and other financial market participants. We advocate stable, competitive, sustainable European financial markets that support economic growth and benefit society.
AFME is the European member of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), a global alliance with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in the US, and the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) in Asia.
For more information please visit the AFME website, www.afme.eu or follow us on Twitter: @news_from_afme
You can submit your application directly on our website, where you can also find the full Job Description, or send your CV and Covering Letter to careers@afme.eu.
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