Rates Strategist, Associate Director

JOB TITLE:
Rates Strategist, LBCM

LOCATION:
London

HOURS:
Full time

SALARY:
Competitive package

About this opportunity

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets (LBCM) is the Group's non-ring fenced bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary, established to support a stronger, more transparent banking industry for the benefit of our customers and shareholders.

Within LBCM Financial Markets, the Market Insights team are currently looking for a Rates Strategist to join them. You'll be responsible for initiating, producing and presenting timely, relevant and engaging high-quality content on interest rate strategy for the bank's institutional and corporate clients. You'll assist other members of the Market Insights team (who cover economics and FX strategy) in broadening and deepening client and colleague engagement on market-moving themes and news developments via regular publications and ad hoc commentary and analysis.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for producing timely, relevant and engaging market insights on interest rate strategy for Lloyds' institutional and corporate clients with a specific focus on GBP, EUR and USD rates markets.
• Contribute proactively to producing and publishing the Market Insights team publications, including the Daily morning note, and ad hoc thematic notes.
• Respond to client and colleague questions on market developments and investment themes.
• Develop and maintain analytics tools to enhance the quality of rates market analysis offering.
• Use your analysis to deliver actionable trade ideas within developed rates markets.

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• Relevant experience either on the buy-side or sell-side working with developed market fixed income products and/or rates derivatives as a risk-taker or analyst.
• Experience in GBP and EUR rates markets strongly preferred, as is a product specialism such as inflation for example.
• Demonstrable passion for the global macro environment and financial market developments, backed up by strong technical knowledge and understanding.
• Excellent analytical and quant skills.
• Proficiency with relevant software such as Bloomberg, Macrobond or Reuters for example.
• Proven track record as an effective and engaging communicator, both in written and verbal form.
• Commercial acumen for delivering content that resonates and helps promote business objectives.
• Team player with capacity to adapt and respond flexibly to changing priorities according to market events and business needs.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours

Join us and grow with purpose.