Job Title:

Senior Foreign Exchange Advisor - Global Markets Group

Location:

Boston

What you'll do:

As a Senior Foreign Exchange (FX) Advisor at Western Alliance Bank, you will play a strategic role in supporting our clients’ international financial needs, with a strong emphasis on facilitating cross-border payments—both inbound and outbound—and delivering tailored FX risk management solutions. Reporting to the Head of FX Sales and Trading within the Global Markets Group, you will serve as a trusted advisor to corporate clients navigating global currency exposures, helping them establish and evolve FX hedging programs aligned with their business goals. This role is ideal for candidates with deep FX sales or capital markets experience, strong familiarity with FX instruments and platforms such as Bloomberg, Reuters, and multi-dealer systems, and a consultative approach to client engagement. We see immense opportunity for this hire to drive meaningful growth for the franchise, expanding our FX capabilities and deepening client relationships across key sectors. Western Alliance Bank is a client relationship-first culture, where business ethics and integrity are core values. We are committed to delivering exceptional service and long-term value to our clients through thoughtful, transparent, and strategic engagement.

• Proactively originate and grow FX business through internal partnerships with Relationship Managers and other stakeholders.  
• Conduct regular portfolio reviews to identify FX exposures and opportunities for risk mitigation.  Build and deepen relationships with clients across industries, with a focus on corporate banking and high-growth sectors with cross-border activity.
• Provide strategic guidance on FX risk management, including hedging strategies for transactional, translational, and capital structure exposures.
• Assist clients in launching first-time FX hedging programs, including education, policy development, and execution planning.  
• Facilitate international payments, including foreign currency remittances and receipts, ensuring seamless execution and client satisfaction.  
• Respond to client inquiries with historical exchange rate data and forward-looking currency forecasts, supported by market analysis and economic insights.
• Lead and participate in internal and external FX workshops, training sessions, and market briefings to elevate FX awareness and capabilities across the organization and client base.  
• Actively contribute to team pipeline meetings, sharing insights, opportunities, and best practices to drive collective success.
• Collaborate with Treasury Management and other product teams to deliver integrated solutions that address broader client needs.  
• Ensure FX solutions are aligned with client objectives and seamlessly integrated into their broader financial strategies.
• Partner with internal development and analytics teams to refine FX-related data tools and reporting capabilities.  
• Contribute to the evolution of internal analytics that support client segmentation, pricing strategies, and business development efforts.  
• Support the execution of FX agreements and assist with ISDA documentation when applicable.  
• Ensure transactions meet regulatory and risk standards, contributing to a robust and compliant FX sales environment.
   

What you'll need:

• 6+ years of related experience or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; Masters or MBA in related field preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate to advanced experience working with Reuters or Bloomberg.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Chartered Financial Analysts preferred.
• May require up to 25% travel.
   

Compensation: Salary range for new hires is generally $148,830.00 - $183,850.00 for San Jose, CA. Salary range for new hires is generally $148,830.00 - $183,850.00 for San Francisco, CA. Salary range for new hires is generally $148,830.00 - $183,850.00 for Boston, MA. Salary range for new hires is generally $139,530.00 - $172,360.00 for Los Angeles, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned and restricted stock.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [email protected] or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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