Eddie Cortez
Open minded, Willing and Teachable
- Role
- Foreign Exchange Analyst at American Express
- Location
- Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eddie Cortez
Over 20 years of International sales experience with worldwide institutions. A successful and results oriented sales professional who works well as a team member and equally as well as a team leader. Highly ethical, personable, and persuasive. I add a consultative approach. Comfortable interacting at all executive levels providing hedging strategies around currency risk. Focused on providing risk management solutions to multinational companies and businesses in North America.
Experience
Foreign Exchange Analyst
Mar 2025 — Present · Sunrise, FL, US
Manage Global Trading book in local time zoneResponsible for Trading circa $500mm of FX turnover on an annual basisMaintain and develop relationships with trading counterparty banksSupporting Global Trading desks during annual leave and sickness (Australia, UK, New Zealand & US)Drive development and integration of Global Trading Book in Global PayManage daily tasks in a timely and accurate manner including covering trading positions, funding swaps & Market analysisManage market risk whilst contributing to revenue by meeting FX Trading targetsPlay a pro-active role in identifying FX market trends and movementsProvide key Market updates to FX focused Global Pay colleaguesMaintain strict adherence to company controls procedures, KYC and anti-money laundering policiesHave a strong work ethic, attention to detail, capable of multi-tasking and display problem solving skills when issues ariseArticulate communication on markets, risk & technical dataUnderstanding and articulation of macro fundamentalsAssist Product and Tech teams in any FX focused projects or initiatives
Education
Skagit Valley College
Psychology, Business Law and other undergraduate courses
1993 — 1995
City College of San Francisco
AA adn undergraduate courses, Accounting and Finance
2002 — 2019
Florida Career College
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
2020 — 2020
Skills
- Commercial Banking
- Financial Markets
- Trading
- Investment Banking
- Foreign Exchange
- Fixed Income
- Hedging
- Credit Risk
- Fx Options
- Settlement
- Fx Swaps
- Fx Derivatives
- Salesforce.com
- Crm Databases
- Relationship Management
- Credit
- Finance
- Currency
- Electronic Trading
- Microsoft Excel
- Bloomberg
- Securities
- Retail Banking
- Trading Systems
- Back Office
- Fx Hedging
- Treasury
- Cash Management
- Options
- Private Banking
- Payments
- Treasury Management
- Corporate Finance
- Derivatives
- Financial Analysis
- Balance Sheet Review
- Wealth Management
- Leadership
- Portfolio Management
- Capital Markets
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