Assistant Vice President/Vice President - Legal Contract Negotiation - ISDA/Derivatives

To be successful as a Negotiator, Global Contract Services, you should have experience with:

- Experience within the financial industry, with a focus on derivatives master agreements

- Strong negotiation and portfolio management skills

- Familiarity with collateral arrangements and credit support annexes

- Familiarity with industry netting and collateral opinions

- Strong grasp of regulatory requirements and jurisdictional nuances, e.g. Initial Margin requirements/Variation Margin requirements under the various regulatory regimes

- Ability to support team members in managing negotiations with clients, including sharing know-how on possible approaches, drafting of variations and ability to work closely with Markets lawyers on issues associated with those variations

- Ability to assess documentation templates, current processes, systems or approvals and provide workable solutions/alternatives, whether to stakeholders or within the team

- Ability to perform execution checks on negotiations completed by other team members, highlighting gaps in approvals obtained/drafting/processes and interaction between systems

- Experience managing projects within a clearly defined framework that emphasizes strong commercial management alongside quality and timely legal deliverables

- Ability to manage risk and controls effectively for the team, by applying applicable risk frameworks and embedding a positive risk culture

- Strong leadership, communication, time management and organizational skills

- Strong experience in draft, negotiate and complete all necessary derivative agreements (ISDA CSA, GMRA, GMSLA)etc.

- Open to work UK hours.

- Bachelor's or Master's Degree.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

- Ability to work independently but is also able to work well in a team environment

- Strong ability to navigate through various IT systems used by the Legal function, e.g. our document management systems, Sharepoint, Jetbridge, etc.