Join us as an eFX Quant Trading Associate
We’re looking for someone to join our eFX Quant Trading team to help grow the linear eFX business for our customers
Day-to-day, you’ll run and contribute to initiatives to improve and automate the business, growing customer volumes and the bottom line
This is an opportunity to progress your career in a top tier UK and leading FX bank while working in a truly inclusive environment
What you'll do
You’ll collaborate primarily with Traders, Sales, Quants, Technologists and Risk functions to improve the performance of the eFX business across spot, forwards and NDFs to meet strategic objectives.
Additionally, you’ll be:
Developing a deep understanding of the linear eFX trading business and customers it supports
Creating analysis and MI to support customers, our business and management
Generating ideas and building proofs of concepts to improve automation and quality of the pricing and risk management algorithms, and their operation
Collaborating across multiple teams to seek opportunities to meet business objectives
Supporting business case creation, development, rollout and global use of linear eFX improvements
Meeting with customers and venues to understand their developing needs, and helping to promote the linear eFX business with Sales
Utilising the bank’s AI tools to improve efficiency
Taking steps to make sure trading activities are in line with group policies covering market, conduct, operational, credit and regulatory risks
The skills you'll need
To be successful in this role, you’ll have a proven experience in managing, analysing and optimising electronic trading to meet business objectives. We’ll expect you to have prior experience in FX spot, forward or NDF products.
We’ll also expect you to have:
A commercial and proactive mindset
Understanding of market structure, venues, execution, and customer needs
Understanidng of pricing and risk management algorithms and their controls
Experience in running or optimising automated trading
The ability to solve complex problems, build analytics and explain them succinctly
Strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills
Hours
35Job Posting Closing Date:
18/08/2026Ways of Working:Office FirstSkills Required
- Proven experience managing, analysing and optimising electronic trading to meet business objectives
- Prior experience with FX spot, forwards or NDF products
- Understanding of market structure, execution venues and customer needs
- Understanding of pricing and risk management algorithms and their controls
- Experience running or optimising automated trading systems
- Ability to solve complex problems, build analytics and explain findings succinctly
- Commercial and proactive mindset
- Strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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