FICC Strategist

We are looking to hire a Fixed Income, Commodities and Currencies (FICC) Strategist to join SEB’s Strategy & Economic Research team within our Corporate & Investment Banking division.

If you are excited by financial markets, macroeconomics, quantitative and research-driven trading ideas, we would be delighted to hear from you.

SEB’s Strategy & Economic Research team is a top-ranked Nordic research team covering macroeconomics, foreign exchange, fixed income and commodities. The team comprises around 20 strategists, analysts, and economists based in Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki and Singapore.

We provide macro research, analysis and strategy across a broad range of products, markets, topics and regions. Our work supports internal stakeholders, clients and media.

About the role

As a FICC Strategist, your primary focus will be on fixed-income and foreign-exchange markets. You will conduct research from both fundamental and data-driven perspectives, which may include maintaining, running and further developing our models. You will primarily contribute to our tactical research, supporting forecasts and trading recommendations, while also writing and helping to produce research reports.

We expect our research activities to be significantly influenced and transformed by AI over the coming years. We therefore prefer a candidate with strong technical skills and an educational background that will enable them to contribute to, leverage and support this transition.

To thrive in this role, we believe you

• Have at least 2–3 years of relevant experience, ideally as a strategist, quant, trader, sales, treasury professional or portfolio manager within a financial institution, public institution or corporate treasury.
• Bring a strong analytical mindset, intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in financial markets.
• Have a university degree in engineering, mathematics, statistics and/or finance/economics or a related discipline, ideally from a leading university.
• Have strong quantitative skills and hands-on professional experience applying statistical and quantitative methods to economic data and financial time series.
• Have practical programming experience, preferably in Python, for data analysis, modelling and developing analytical tools.
• Understand macroeconomics, monetary policy and asset pricing, with particular knowledge of currency and interest rate markets. Experience trading FX or interest rate products is an advantage.
• Value teamwork and actively contribute through collaboration and knowledge sharing. 

What we offer

• An entrepreneurial Scandinavian working environment.
• An analytical role with meaningful responsibility, where you will conduct analysis but also help further develop our research processes.
• Close collaboration with Sales and Trading in FICC Markets.
• The opportunity to join a team that values curiosity, energy, collaboration and high professional standards.
• Strong opportunities to shape your own development and build a long-term career at SEB.

Do you want to be part of SEB?

It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.

Please submit your CV and cover letter, describing who you are and how you can contribute to SEB’s Strategy & Economic Research team. We review applications on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, and no later than 30September.

For questions about the position, please contact Karl Steiner, Head of Analysis, Strategy & Economic Research, at [email protected]

Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and history of crime. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks. During employment, employees within SEB can also expect to undergo recurring background checks.