European IG Credit Analyst

• Assist the Head Trader and other senior members with activities of the Treasury/Funding Team to enhance investment opportunities and maximize potential returns.• Ensure the Bank maintains a presence in the wholesale financial market retaining its status under all appropriate regulations.• Achieve individual and collective semester trading targets for the Treasury team.• Trade and execute transactions in Developed Markets Fixed Income, Rates and FX for my own account and where… Show more • Assist the Head Trader and other senior members with activities of the Treasury/Funding Team to enhance investment opportunities and maximize potential returns.• Ensure the Bank maintains a presence in the wholesale financial market retaining its status under all appropriate regulations.• Achieve individual and collective semester trading targets for the Treasury team.• Trade and execute transactions in Developed Markets Fixed Income, Rates and FX for my own account and where applicable for the team, within the credit limits and settlement guidelines approved by the Head of the Global Markets Unit.• Trade capture of Listed/ OTC products in proprietary booking system.• Discuss market views with other Dealers on a weekly basis, providing updates on current position and rationale behind a recommended trade idea.• Prepare daily and monthly activity report for Management on the team’s P&L and performance.• Implement introduction of new trading products for the Treasury Team, coordinating with relevant departments in the organization to complete UAT and Go-Live.• Manage several ad hoc projects for the Treasury Team related to enhancement of trading capabilities, streamline current operational processes for automation, systems/ infrastructure developments and research potential opportunities for revenue generation.• Prepare regular applications/reports required by Business Policies and Procedures on both Market Risk Management and Trading Accounts.• Ensure Credit Line for counterparties are maintained appropriately based on the Treasury Team’s procedure.• Deal with matters related to Internal Audit and external inspections by relevant regulatory authorities.• Implemented operational flowchart for on-boarding new Fund/ Corporate counterparties along with the KYC requirements.• Implemented several new regulations incorporated in the market place:(i) DFA (ii) EMIR(iii) MiFID/MiFID II Show less

• Assist the Head of Operation Planning department in operational risk control.• Compile daily Key Risk Indicator statistics and act as the liaison with Head Office on operational irregularity reporting. • Maintain records on the in-house system (ATLAS) for Interbank counterparties, Corporate Customers and Bond Issuers; coordinating with Head Office in an accurate and timely manner.• Maintaining credit line limits and ratings across various treasury products for the trading… Show more • Assist the Head of Operation Planning department in operational risk control.• Compile daily Key Risk Indicator statistics and act as the liaison with Head Office on operational irregularity reporting. • Maintain records on the in-house system (ATLAS) for Interbank counterparties, Corporate Customers and Bond Issuers; coordinating with Head Office in an accurate and timely manner.• Maintaining credit line limits and ratings across various treasury products for the trading counterparties in the banks in-house system.• Maintain the counterparties Standard Settlement Instructions in co-ordination with Treasury Back Office, Payments sections and SWIFT messages.• Action incoming SWIFT 094 messages as necessary and distribute information to the relevant departments.• Daily cash management and balancing of nostro accounts, bonds and Inter-Branch reconciliations from custodian data; ensuring accurate fund control and providing correct account start balances to the daily position keepers.• Investigate outstanding items in reconciliations to satisfactory conclusions.• Undertake projects involved with new product introduction and improving operational efficiency across various departments of the branch.• Undertake research on new developments in the market. Actively involved in researching the EMIR - Central Clearing Initiative for OTC Derivatives introduced in 2012. Show less

• Working as part of a Control Operations team – providing operational support to Relationship Managers in managing their portfolios with deals ranging across numerous sectors including Business and Consumer Services, Financial Services, Hotels and Leisure, Media, Property and Healthcare. • Extensive loans management experience, including Base rate term loans, Libor loans, Libor roll overs, general loans administration managed across two separate bank systems. • Effective drawdown of… Show more • Working as part of a Control Operations team – providing operational support to Relationship Managers in managing their portfolios with deals ranging across numerous sectors including Business and Consumer Services, Financial Services, Hotels and Leisure, Media, Property and Healthcare. • Extensive loans management experience, including Base rate term loans, Libor loans, Libor roll overs, general loans administration managed across two separate bank systems. • Effective drawdown of loan facilities in line with the controls and procedures in place; ensuring appropriate credit approval held and the Bank’s security is in place.• Extensive experience dealing with the operational aspect of syndicated loans.• Work alongside Asset Management Unit and Asset Recovery Unit providing operational support to the Relationship Manager in dealing with their portfolio.• Closely aligned with the Global Markets/Treasury team to ensure all swap payments are collected on hedged deals.• Daily monitoring of accounts with Multi-Currency Overdraft and Letter of Credit facilities to ensure overall balance does not exceed the facility limit.• Reporting excess position on accounts with accurate follow up. Show less