Jonathan Cooper Email & Phone Number

London

London, United Kingdom

• Collaborated at all levels in the management of the trade flow across bonds, derivatives / ABS and equity from trade booking and reference data creation through to settlement and liaison with administrators and.
• Monitored cash and collateral requirements across multiple funds and counterparties.
• Prepared and tested for CDS clearing in conjunction with prime brokers and fund managers.
• Reduced manual intervention and improved STP through the promotion of continuous process improvements.
• Increased settlement efficiency and reduced errors having focused on operational issues.
• Demonstrated and presented systems and trade flow examples to potential investors and auditors.

London, United Kingdom

• Created and maintained assets spanning all trading and settlement systems in line with internal and external SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and regulatory requirements; reconciled portfolio positions, performed checks.
• Successfully led price sourcing for illiquid EM instruments while maintaining pricing histories.
• Facilitated the on boarding of new equity portfolios and training of new staff.
• Built new funds in the system, including bank and margin accounts.

London, United Kingdom

• Oversaw middle office support functions for all RAB credit funds, including the management of Middle Office and Project staff, dealing with trade processing and risk control of a wide range of products, including.
• Daily / month-end pricing and NAV production in conjunction with Fund Accountant and Administrator.
• Managed Profit and Loss production for funds within strict deadlines.
• Produced risk reporting and statistical data tracking performance vs. peers on a daily basis.Key achievements
• Improved risk management and client reporting having created and implemented a Microsoft Excel-based risk system.
• Optimised cash utilisation while monitoring cash positions and collateral requirements across prime brokers / counterparties.

London, United Kingdom

• Initially worked in a fixed income settlements role looking at Euroclear and a number of local markets, including France and Japan, before being promoted to support the ECP desk and associated secondary trading.
• Delivered savings of ~£400k to trading teams having monitored and reconciled futures clearing fees over multiple trading desks to analyse actual costs in comparison to fee rates agreed.
• Initiated a project to standardise and reconcile the reporting across the various European issuers.
• Provided leadership and direction to trade support staff for three external hedge fund clients as Swaps Prime Brokerage Trade Support Manager (2004-05) while coordinating interest rate swaps and futures processing.
• Improved client service levels and STP rates, while concurrently overseeing global settlement functions.
• Significantly improved staff product knowledge and service through team cross-training.