Team responsibilities

• Calculate, issue and agree margin calls with Brokers to mitigate credit risk exposures on behalf of our clients.
• Agree and book collateral trades to satisfy incoming margin calls from Brokers.
• Liaise directly with our clients, their custodians and their Brokers on a daily basis via email and telephone.
• Perform daily reconciliations between systems and the market to ensure accurate record keeping and risk mitigation.
• Partner with internal groups within Collateral Services to provide a superb client experience that will assist in retaining current business and growing new client activity.
• Investigate and resolve portfolio issues that lead to disputed margin calls.

Additional Information

• The Collateral Management team provides a service to our wide range of clients across European working hours and is also required to work some UK Bank Holidays as governed by client requirements.
• The team supports flexible working including a split work pattern between the office and working from home.
• There may be the potential for opportunities to travel both domestically and internationally once established in role.
• The continued growth of the team provides excellent opportunities for progression for team members demonstrating strong levels of performance.

Qualifications / Experience

• Excellent Client Service skills
• Numeracy skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to understand complex models within financial sphere
• Problem solving and data analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and to work under pressure
• Ability to work under own initiative but as part of a large team
• Educated to at least A level standard or equivalent – education within subjects relating to finance favorable – e.g. Maths, Economics etc.
• Experience within Collateral or Derivatives is favorable but not essential.