Collateral Management

As Collateral Management Analyst Officer you will:

• Mitigate risk through the daily collateral margin process across OTC bilateral, OTC Cleared, Repo and ETD.
• Actively manage margin calls with counterparts and either formally agree or dispute in line with agreement timescales.
• Book cash and stock collateral movements within Lombard Colline ensuring instructions are issued to the market in time to meet settlement deadlines.
• Management of settlement fails for both cash and stock collateral movements by communicating with counterparts to achieve settlement in a timely manner.
• Agree interest payments on cash positions with counterparts ensuring these are posted within Colline and internal accounting systems to ensure timely settlement.
• Review TriResolve Trade and Collateral breaks
• Establish strong relationships and work in conjunction with Investment Operations, Custodians, Brokers and Counterparts.
• Ensure any changes/improvement to processes are recorded in the team procedures.
• Contribute to the departments long term strategic initiatives and undertake testing when required
• Keep up to date with market, regulatory and business changes relating to the work of the department.
• Assist department and IT to define requirements, developing innovative system or process solutions where gaps identified.
• Understanding of key operational risk and performance indicators, including involvement in operational control meetings.
• Challenge the status quo and question existing process, workflow and operating models to reveal their underlying purpose. Realign the current to the future state and implement new only when necessary.
• Initiate/participate in change projects to enhance the control framework for all trade processing tasks in the team, mitigate risks and close internal/external audit points

Strong understanding of:

• Key Collateral operational processes e.g. settlements/reconciliation/margin workflow
• OTC Derivatives / Repo products
• Legal, Credit and Operational risks associated with Collateral
• ISDA CSA (NY & English Law) and the 2001 ISDA Margin Provisions
• GMRA Margin Provision

Job Title: Collateral Management

Location: London, UK

Rate/Salary: 30.00 - 45.00 GBP Hourly

Job Type: Contract

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