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Analyst, Derivatives Job Description
- Follow-up of discrepancies of Nostro breaks and FOBO reconciliation originated from Capital Markets Operations
- Investigate accounting or settlement discrepancy introduced by capital markets operations
- Handle complex capital markets transactions
- Make recommendation on ways to improve the day-to-day processing and settlement of various capital markets products
- Modeling and researching daily valuation breaks for all OTC products
- Collate prices for non-vanilla OTC products by completing and processing required templates for independent pricing vendors
- Developing expertise in regulatory requirements and acting as a consultant to translate these regulatory requirements into functional requirements
- Analyzing regulatory compliance data
- Day to day clearing of US markets
- Supporting clearing of proprietary execution
- Extensive knowledge of all FICC products within remit and the processes in the Confirmations and/or Settlements area
- Extensive Equity Derivatives product knowledge
- Ability to coordinate with various teams to action items
- Derivatives Knowledge Desirable
- Ability to prioritize workloads & use a proactive approach
- Quickly grasps new technical, regulatory and business knowledge
Analyst, Derivatives Job Description
- Performs daily OTC valuation and measure impact of the daily changes in market data inputs to value the OTC contracts
- Supports with the communication of deal price variances that exceed tolerances to the Investment Managers and obtain confirmation
- Maintains a strong knowledge base for valuing OTC Interest Rate, Credit, Equity and FX products
- Reconciliation preparation using firm and vendor reconciliation tools
- Investigation and resolution of identified breaks
- Projects relating to new markets/business/technology
- Reconciling client portfolios on a daily basis for large P/L swings and MV breaks between IM’s and counter-party’s
- Analyzing ISDA Confirms and term sheets and working with internal and external partners to ensure proper trade capture
- Working with Internal partners to understand client requirements and building work stream processes for new clients being onboarded
- Providing to clients explanatory’s on market value breaks or differences in valuation methodologies
- After the initial training period, the successful individual will expect to work independently and proactively with minimal management supervision
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the financial services industry preferably with an Operations or Controllers background
- Familiar with Chinese financial markets regulatory landscape
- Some experience of change management
- Preferably has obtained the China Futures Association entitlement license
- Experience in Commodities market or Physical Delivery of Futures Contract is highly regarded
Analyst, Derivatives Job Description
- Consent team and Documentation SMEs in solving complex problems, Design reviews etc .Developing document templates, layouts, style sets in Thunderhead Business content studio
- Develop QA test plans and execute tests with onsite/offshore team
- Work effectively with global teams to provide exceptional real-time risk management to protect the firm and the firm’s clients
- Of reconciliation of NT and Client specific valuation reports
- Resolving any
- Draft, review, negotiate, and execute ISDA stand-alone confirmations and Master Confirmation Agreements covering all equity derivative transactions in accordance with internal procedures and Standing Orders, regulatory guidelines
- Ensure variations and exceptions are acknowledged and understood by stakeholders
- Take on ad hoc cost reduction, efficiency, and automation projects
- Share information and insight gained with the group and with the larger Operations teams through speaking engagements inside and outside of the group
- Work with front office / operations / technology and other teams (legal, compliance) to define the requirements and solutions necessary to address industry / regulatory changes / new business demands
- 3 - 5 years experience in the investment industry with a focus on legal issues and contracts, compliance/risk or investment operations
- Knowledge of law and investment adviser regulations
- Four years of experience surrounding derivatives (including swaps, options, futures, currency contracts)
- Attention to detail and a sense of urgency in escalating and resolving outstanding issues
- 3-7 years of experience in an IPV / Valuation Control or Product Control role
- Previous experience in Ops essential – Equities, FI or Derivatives
Analyst, Derivatives Job Description
- Take on additional tasks helping other team members who may need assistance
- Work with Product Support Team to assist with various projects, including regulatory and industry initiatives
- Completing checklists in a timely fashion and performing functions according to procedures
- Understanding of impact on clients and downstream departments, minimising impact of resolution failures on these groups
- Only tasks defined in teams SOP will be delegated
- Provide analysis and support for projects and requests, including negotiation and coordination with other teams and IS vendors regarding issues and the ability to meet delivery targets
- Provide project management support for smaller projects
- Coordination with vendors and maintenance of vendor invoices
- Providing daily, weekly, monthly and ad hoc analysis and reports, predominately around revenue, but can also include balance sheets, costs, headcount and capital
- Optimising existing reporting processes
- Derivatives product experience a plus as role includes interaction with product line operations experts Sales/Trading/Legal/Compliance
- Understanding of or willingness to learn the regulatory landscape governing securities and derivatives products
- Quote prices & executing trades on Commodity Derivatives products , mainly in a range of energy products
- Minimum 1 year experience in Derivatives Structuring or Trading experience with Investment Bank based in Japan
- Commodity Derivatives Sales experience in Global Investment Bank based in Japan
- Flexibility of travelling to China is necessary
Analyst, Derivatives Job Description
- Ensure smooth interaction with team members and other desks / divisions, especially Trading, Strategy & Engineering
- Thunderhead Business Objects creation and validation
- Automate and update existing regression test suite where possible
- Identifying areas of improvement for existing QA processes
- Work closely with developers, business analysts, production support, users to investigate and resolve issues found during UAT and QA
- Understanding of the SDLC/QA process/methodologies and how they are applied to deliver superior business solutions in a timely manner
- Ability to resolve issues in a timely manner and promptly escalate issues, assess risk and impact on quality of production release
- Communicate QA test cases, results, issues and status to project leaders
- Scope functionalities to be supported by SGWs for any system interfacing with the SGW
- Make recommendations regarding internal/external evolution requests
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of two to three years of experience in Korea financial services
- Experience and knowledge of Korea Listed Derivatives market
- Minimum of 1.5 years of Documentation experience or Trades processing experience ideally within Physical Commodities
- Proficiency in Business level Mandarin (spoken and written) to liaise with Mandarin speaking clients/colleagues
- Knowledge of Calypso a plus
- At least 1 year of related working experience in the financial industry with similar setup