Basler Kantonalbank
Basel
8 hours ago
Money Market Trader (m/f)
- Publication date:07 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Basel
About the job
Sladjana, Reto, and other colleagues from the Money Market team within the Liquidity Management group are looking for reinforcement. In other words: you!
Your new job
- Your team is responsible for the operational liquidity management of the bank and thus for complying with the corresponding external and internal key figures and limits
- You monitor and control daily cash management across various markets, currencies, and counterparties, conclude money market and repo transactions, and execute FX swap transactions in the market
- You ensure efficient liquidity positioning and optimal use of collateral within internal and regulatory requirements
- You work closely with the Securities Finance team as well as with other trading areas and the middle and back office units; you also maintain close exchange with other departments in the bank, especially Treasury, Finance, and Risk Management
- Active contribution to expanding the customer and counterparty network, including advisory functions for customer units regarding money market topics
- Participation in dedicated projects
What we benefit from
- Completed university degree with a focus on economics or natural sciences
- Experience in cash and/or collateral trading, ideally in a bank or financial institution
- Solid knowledge of financial markets in general and the relevant regulatory frameworks in particular
- Strong understanding of optimizing liquidity management, combined with a strong PnL focus
- Experience with treasury, cash, and/or collateral management systems, very good knowledge of MS application family products
- Programming skills, e.g., in Python, JavaScript, VBA, and SQL are required; experience with FIS' Front Arena is an advantage
- Experience in handling stress and high resilience
- Fluent German and English are mandatory
How you benefit
- Embedded in the Liquidity Management business area within trading, you are part of the Commercial Customer Sales division in a highly professional environment
- A calm, positive team spirit
- Workplace in the city center, 5 minutes from the SBB train station
- Expect a comprehensive employment package from us? You are right, here are the details and many other benefits
Any questions? Gladly! If it’s about technical matters, Reto Husmann, Head of Money Market Trading, looks forward to your call at 061 269 57 34. For all other questions about BKB, Carlo Tasinato is happy to assist you.
P.S. Because we are looking for a banking professional and not a copywriter, you can skip the cover letter. Instead, we look forward to you answering three short questions in the application tool. Thank you!
About the company
Basler Kantonalbank
Basel