Associate, Investment- Grade Credit Trader

About the Position

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Investment Grade Credit Trader to join our Global Credit Trading (“GCT”) team in New York. The GCT team spans the globe across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Our main business is to provide liquidity in corporate bonds, and we are rapidly growing in the markets to gain share. Our activity is client-focused, and our franchise is receiving increasing recognition from investors. We operate on electronic venues where we are active in several markets and have global distribution with sales teams in the US and throughout Europe and Asia.

Responsibilities

• Provide liquidity in IG bonds to ING Financial Markets (IFM) clients to build and promote the ING credit trading franchise.
• Identify and disseminate flow, color, and relative value trade ideas to credit sales, debt capital markets, syndicate, and IFM Clients.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships with institutional investors, dealers, and issuers to enhance liquidity and drive revenue opportunities.
• Monitor market trends, credit conditions, and economic data to identify trading opportunities and inform investment strategies.
• Collaborate with the research, analytics, and sales teams to support trade ideas and deliver high-quality service to clients.
• Contribute to the development of trading strategies, tools, and processes to optimize desk performance.
• Manage risk/inventory to ensure the ability to quote on client inquiry and absorb the resulting flow within the firm's risk tolerance.
• Back up team members including ABS trader to ensure continuity of platform and services.

Requirements

• At least 4+ years of experience on an institutional, fixed income, sales platform.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with preference for Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field.
• Securities licenses including Series 7 & 63.
• Proven history of successful management of a credit trading book.
• Self-starter, result-oriented mentality, and an eye for high quality and integrity standards.
• Genuine team player who gets things done and helps others succeed.
• Ability to take ownership of issues, create transparency, and build trusted relationships to win support to create favorable outcomes for both clients and ING.

Salary Range

• $160,000 - $215,000 per year

The salary range listed reflects base salary only. This role is eligible for participation in a discretionary bonus program.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous 401k savings plan
• Competitive PTO
• Broad array of benefits including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility services; student debt assistance; and subsidies for expenses associated with commuting and fitness.

About the Company

At ING, we believe in a world where everyone has the right to grow and progress in their own way. We express this in our global tagline, “do your thing”. Perhaps more than in any other large company, we extend our belief in the power of autonomy to our own people. But there’s a catch. In return for great freedom, we expect people to do great things for our customers, our stakeholders, and ING at large. ING Bank Romania is the only bank with an organic growth within the top 10 local banks by assets, without acquisitions of client portfolios or other banks.

ING is a committed equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to color, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. We celebrate these differences and rely upon your unique perspective to innovate and seize new opportunities. Come as you are.

ING Bank does not have a commercial banking license in the U.S. and therefore is not permitted to conduct a commercial banking business in the U.S. Through its wholly owned subsidiary ING Financial Services LLC, and its affiliates, it offers a full array of wholesale products such as commercial lending and a full range of FM products and services.