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Rates Sales - SEK Focus

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In short

We are looking for a Rates Sales professional with a SEK focus to join our SEK Rates team in Stockholm. This full-time role involves driving client activity, originating and distributing trade ideas, and building strong relationships with institutional clients in the SEK rates market. You will leverage market data, analytics, and digital tools, including Python, to provide insights and support client dialogue.

Responsibilities

  • Drive client activity and sales coverage across SEK rates products, focusing on institutional client needs and commercial opportunities.
  • Originate, discuss, and distribute data-informed trade ideas across SEK government bonds, swaps, money markets, and covered bonds.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional clients as a trusted partner in their Nordic fixed income activity.
  • Utilize market data, analytics, and digital tools to provide market color, pricing context, and product expertise.
  • Develop and use analytical tools, including Python, to support client follow-up and identify opportunities.
  • Collaborate with trading, strategy, research, and economics teams for coordinated market positioning and client dialogue.

Requirements

  • Experience from rates sales, trading, research, strategy, or another client-facing Markets role, ideally with exposure to SEK or Nordic markets.
  • Solid understanding of the Riksbank policy framework, Swedish macroeconomics, and key drivers of Nordic rates markets.
  • Good knowledge of SEK interest rate products, including government bonds, swaps, money markets, and covered bonds.
  • Ability to build client relationships, identify commercial opportunities, and communicate market views clearly.
  • Strong technical skills, including Python, data analysis, and the ability to use digital tools for market follow-up, client dialogue, and idea generation.
  • Academic background in economics, finance, or a related field.
  • Fluency in Swedish and English.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with institutional clients or a growing network within Nordic fixed income markets.
  • Experience with or interest in covering real money, bank treasury, hedge fund, or public sector clients.
  • Comfortable translating macro views, relative value ideas, and market themes into relevant client conversations.
  • Experience using Python, Excel, Bloomberg, data visualization, or other analytical tools to support sales processes, client follow-up, and market analysis.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to take your career to the next level or break new ground within your area of expertise.
  • Collaborative and high-performing environment in one of the largest Nordic financial institutions with a strong Markets platform.
  • Opportunities to shape the SEK rates client offering and work closely with experienced colleagues across sales, trading, strategy, and research.
  • Hybrid working model combining collaboration and flexibility.
  • Strong focus on diversity and inclusion.
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Company

Nordea

Job Posted

1 month ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Mid-Senior

Locations

Stockholm, Sweden

Qualification

Bachelor

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