Vice President/Head - Client Valuations - BFS/BPO/KPO

VP Head of Client Valuations

What will you be doing? :

- Ensure all Margin calls have gone through required due diligence on data quality and margin policy and sent to client within agreed timeline

- Optimize collateral portfolio view by consolidating collateral positions across iRepo

- Perform controls to ensure all trades subject to margining is captured in the margin process

- Agree tri-party and Stock Borrow of lending collateral requirements with clients and trading desk, answer booking queries from trade capture utility (TCU) teams

- Management Reporting - consolidated reporting & escalation on daily volume and risk issues.

- Provide oversight and escalation of settlement fails, Investigation and resolution of margin call disputes, involving interaction with various internal areas (Front Office, Legal, Credit Risk Management and Operations)

- Responsible for procedure, checklist and process flow updates and is held accountable on governance meetings

- Uphold the controls and procedures for the team and highlight any control gaps identified to management to ensure that these are reviewed and addressed as necessary.

- Participation in key industry initiatives, constantly striving to push the team forward.. Drive process improvements within the team to drive efficiency and cost savings:

- Strong analytical skills required to perform complex analysis on the volumes and process flow to identify the root cause.

- Suggest innovative solutions to improve efficiency and provide the VP with a detailed breakdown to quantify the time/ headcount savings from the initiative.

What we're looking for :

- Degree educated with relevant years' experience preferably in an OTC Derivatives environment.

- Relevant years of management experience with proven track record at managing diverse teams. Degree Educated

- Extensive technical knowledge of the derivative products within remit

- A high level of focus on strategic vision

- Strong understanding of the end-to-end processes in the Confirmations and/or Settlements area

- Experience gained in High Volume House and client service environment.

- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel

- Strong communication and negotiation skills in order to manage the relationship with Premier clients, fluent in English.

- Highly numerate with analytical problem solving ability

- Result driven.

Skills that will help you in the role :

- Bachelor/PG degree or equivalent experience (5 + years) in a securities financing function or other collateral management and margin process

- Direct experience of the fixed income financing functions would be a significant advantage. Broad business and operational knowledge across markets and asset classes is valuable.

- Strong approach to risk management and awareness of control across line functions.

- Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship management, communication and teamwork.

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Well organised with good time management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritise tasks.

- Proactive and positive attitude and desire to make a difference.

- Detailed and meticulous, consistently delivering a high level of accuracy and attention to detail with high quality output.

- Able to multi-task and prioritise accordingly in a highly pressurised environment.

- Willing to take on responsibility.