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Head - Credit Trading
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank • Abu Dhabi, AE
The Role
The global company is hiring a Head of Credit Trading based in Abu Dhabi. This is a director-level position sitting within the Treasury function, which manages the group's funding, investments, and centralised risk management activities. Treasury operates across conventional and Islamic banking solutions and invests in instruments including green bonds, short-term placements, and corporate and sovereign debt securities.
Required Experience and Qualifications
- Lead the credit trading business, with accountability for strategy, portfolio performance, risk management, and trading profitability.
- Identify, evaluate, structure, and execute credit trading opportunities across regional and global markets.
- Deliver risk-adjusted returns within approved risk appetite, limits, and governance frameworks.
- Partner with origination and client coverage teams on transaction structuring and credit solutions.
- Monitor market developments, credit fundamentals, and portfolio exposures to identify opportunities and manage risk.
- Develop and implement trading and hedging strategies to optimise returns and manage market and credit risk.
- Build and maintain relationships with market participants, counterparties, investors, and internal stakeholders.
- Oversee compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and control frameworks.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the credit trading team.
- Contribute to the growth of the credit markets platform through market insight and innovation.
- Minimum nine years of experience in credit trading, fixed income trading, credit investments, structured credit, or related financial markets roles.
- Proven track record managing credit portfolios with direct P&L responsibility and consistent trading revenue delivery.
- Strong expertise across credit products, credit risk assessment, portfolio management, valuation, and market analysis.
- Experience structuring and executing complex credit transactions in a banking or institutional trading environment.
- Deep understanding of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risks, and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to identify market opportunities and translate them into profitable trading strategies.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams within financial markets.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
- Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, MBA, or a Master's degree are advantageous.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and decision-making skills.