BBVA
IG Flow Credit Trader
New York · Contract
Work authorization required$100k-$110kDetected 1 day ago
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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- We are seeking an experienced Secondary Investment Grade Credit Trader to join our Corporate Credit Trading team.
- The successful candidate will focus on Industrial or Financial sectors, managing market risk, providing liquidity to institutional clients, and contributing to the growth of our franchise.
- The position offers significant responsibility within a collaborative trading environment where disciplined risk management, strong analytical skills, and exceptional client service are highly valued.
Responsibilities
- The individual will work closely with institutional sales, research, syndicate, and banking teams to deliver market insight, execute client flow, and identify relative value opportunities across the investment grade universe.
- Develop and execute relative value trading strategies across issuers, sectors, maturities, and the credit curve.
- Partner with institutional sales to provide timely market color, trade ideas, and execution support for clients.
- Collaborate with research, syndicate, banking, and quantitative teams to support new issue pricing, secondary market performance, and client engagement.
- We support our clients in the energy transition and are committed to inclusive growth.
Requirements
- This role is ideal for a motivated trader with 2-6 years of experience on an investment grade credit trading desk at a leading financial institution.
- Candidate Requirements Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
- 2+ years of experience trading investment grade corporate credit at a major investment bank or broker-dealer.
- Strong knowledge of corporate bond markets, market structure, and fixed income products.
- Ability to make sound decisions under pressure in a fast-paced trading environment.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across trading, sales, research, and banking teams.
Skills
- Contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, and the development of trading tools that enhance desk efficiency.
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience using Bloomberg Excel APIs, BQL, Python, SQL, or other analytical tools to improve trading workflows.
Compensation
- Policy Statement The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
- With regard to employment, this policy extends to applicants and covers our recruiting, hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, discipline, termination, benefits, compensation and training practices as well as social and recreational activities.
- Leave your resume We are more than 121,000 colleagues across 25 countries, working in multidisciplinary teams where we understand the importance of work-life balance.
Benefits
- Build and maintain strong relationships with asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, and other institutional investors.
Company info
- Excited to grow your career?
- BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers.
- We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.
- Monitor primary issuance, secondary market activity, macroeconomic developments, and company-specific events that may impact valuations.
- Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Secondary Investment Grade Credit Trader to join our Corporate Credit Trading team.
Equal opportunity
- Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation.
- View the "EEO is the Law" & "View the EEO is the Law Supplement Poster" poster.
- BBVA USA, BBVA Securities, Inc., and BBVA NY are equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus. *Employment eligibility to work with BBVA in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa spons
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