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Trader - Derivatives Trading Department

CGS’s derivative trader develops OTC strategies and supports structured transactions. Pricing, stress testing and risk analysis form part of the day-to-day trading remit.

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.

Price and trade OTC derivative positions
Develop derivative and structured-product strategies
Coordinate stress tests and risk reviews
Structure and implement onshore or offshore transactions

What they ask for

Required

Quantitative or finance postgraduate study
Five or more years of derivative trading
OTC or structured-certificate business experience
Market and regulatory knowledge
Team communication

Education: Master or higher study in maths, financial engineering, computing, statistics, finance, economics or a related subject.
Experience: At least five years trading derivatives, yield certificates or structured products.
Markets: options, multi-asset

How to prepare

Explain pricing and hedging for a structured payoff
Stress a derivative book and identify key exposures
Present a trade thesis with explicit risk controls

What to study

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