Banking Job - Graduate Trader - London - wm

People First Recruitment
Central London

Your New Job Title: Graduate Trader

The Skills You'll Need: LME, Credit, Regulation

Your New Salary: c£40k+bonus

Office based

Perm

Start: ASAP

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

  • have English to native level
  • have bachelor’s degree or above in Actuarial Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

Working hours: To ensure with colleagues that desks are suitably staffed at all hours during the trading day. This will generally mean, but not limited to the hours of 07.30 to 18.00 Monday to Friday.

Graduate Trader - What You'll be Doing:

  • Play an active role in current or subsequent joint marketing initiatives, when required
  • Where necessary, ensure that you are available, where required, to visit customers in conjunction with client management team
  • Build, manage and maintain good long-term relationship with the traders of our customers and competitors
  • Motivate administrative staff and other support departments to ensure customer service standards meets expectations
  • Maximising profitability
  • Execution of client orders
  • Maintaining client relations
  • Exploring new business opportunities
  • Ensuring compliance with all relevant LME and FCA regulations
  • Member of the Credit Committee

Graduate Trader - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

  • Enhanced knowledge and experience of trading on the LME
  • Strong knowledge of all relevant rules and regulations including FCA,IFPR, LME and LME Clear.
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Actuarial Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields.

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

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Posted 2026-03-24

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