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G10 FX Forwards Trader

Make markets in G10 FX forwards, swaps and cross-currency products. The desk takes and hedges risk arising from customer flows while improving pricing and trade analytics.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Quote FX-swap and cross-currency prices to counterparties.
Hedge rate and currency exposures within desk limits.
Check trade bookings and analyse resulting positions.
Improve pricing tools and evaluate relative-value ideas.

What they ask for

Required

Prior swap market-making work
G10 rates knowledge, including AUD and USD
Quantitative reasoning
Trading risk discipline

Education: Bachelor’s or master’s in business, economics or a quantitative subject.
Experience: Previous swaps market-making experience; no clear minimum years stated.
Markets: fx, fixed-income

How to prepare

Build FX-forward prices from discount curves.
Explain cross-currency basis and its effect on swap valuation.
Attribute P&L for an AUD/USD rates and FX position.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with BNP Paribas and doesn’t handle applications.