Senior Fixed Income Dealer (D3)

About the role

Nedbank is recruiting a Senior Fixed Income Dealer (D3) who reports to the Head of Treasury. The role acts as an intermediary between traders and key institutional customers to maximise commission revenue, ratings and market share for the bank. The closing date is 13 November 2026.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the bank's bond and treasury bill exposure within approved limits while optimising returns.
• Generate revenue from sales trading activities to meet profit and loss targets, and grow fixed income market share through increased client activity and successful execution of trading opportunities.
• Manage operating risks at targeted levels by complying with internal and external controls, regulatory and governance requirements and the ACI Code of Conduct, and report operational issues through incident reports.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, internal stakeholders, counterparties and support functions.
• Improve trading desk efficiency through process improvements, automation and better use of resources, and provide quality, timely reports on market activity.
• Support the business strategy, seek improvements to business processes and systems, and contribute to team collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Complete personal development plan activities, share knowledge and industry trends, and obtain buy-in for new or improved processes.
• Track performance against revenue, turnover growth and deal origination, and manage new client acquisition using financial media, other clients and the corporate bank.
• Contribute to foreign exchange sales strategy development.

Required profile

• 5-10 years of experience in the fixed income market.
• Experience with credit risk, trading risk and operational risk issues.
• Appropriate experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Preferred: Business, Investment or Financial Management bachelor's degree, RPE (registered person's exam), and FAIS accreditation.
• Essential: ACI certification and a valid police clearance certificate and driver's licence.
• People specification: earning trust, collaborating, customer focus, work standards, advancing sales discussions and high-impact communication.