Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

Please list in order of importance/time spent)

Effectively maintains various risk positions and manages position limits, providing liquidity to clients and markets in order to maximize total revenue of trading profit plus commission in the Latam FX environment (CLP, COP, PEN, BRL, MXN, ARS, UYU). The roll involved trading directional risk and interest rate risk related to the currencies previously mentioned.
Ensures correct ticket entry and order routing, maintains communication with sales desk and assists in resolving any settlement problems, ensures ticket entry completion and provides general trade support, as necessary.
Provides consistent pricing and market making to sales force and target clients.
Monitors all daily electronic trading activity and determines where certain trades should be routed for execution, reviews all activity for accuracy of account information.
Ensures all trades are booked to front office position keeping system on the day they are executed.
Reconciles daily and/or monthly reports, as assigned.
Ensures compliance monitoring is in place, including processes for management of operational risk, in accordance with HSBC and regulatory standards.
Provides management direction to foster effective selection, development and reward of subordinates (if applicable) while contributing to initiatives in support of the Company's Diversity programs.
Provide market analysis and comments related to CLP, COP, PEN, BRL, MXN, ARS, UYU. Comments involved fundamental and technical analysis specific for each country using market intelligence tools and the know how related to each of the products

Decision-Making Responsibility:

Uses initiative and independent judgement to analyze, problem solve and proactively respond to client issues. Expected to make the necessary decisions to carry out own job responsibilities and meet primary goals and objectives. Evaluates and escalates complex issues and/or problems to manager.