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 custodians.Key achievements• 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.• Trained and managed new team members and played a key role in their development.• Involved in month-end pricing and NAV production in conjunction with Fund Accountant and Fund Administrator.

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 of static investment data, maintained MI to monitor emerging issues and trends while also screening incoming enquires.Key achievements• 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 credit/Government bonds, futures and options, credit default swaps, syndicated loans and loan CDS across the US, Europe and Asia.• 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.• Process improvement with STP efficiency and risk management as primary criteria.• Project work on implementing a credit fund within the UCITS III environment.

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; subsequently enjoyed numerous promotions through to European Government Bond Trading in 2005:Key achievements• 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.• Completed quarterly risk assessments and analysed control issues with subsequent process improvement recommendations as Operational Risk Manager (European Government Bond Trading, Repos and ECP).• Integral role project managing the design, testing and implementation of an EPIM system for use by the ECP desk.• Led multifaceted team providing support for the European Government Bond desk; produced statistical reports and supported the OTC Bond Options trader with the booking and settlement of both OTC and exchange traded futures and options.• Played an integral role supporting the transition from existing settlements system to replacement system within stringent time constraints and with no business impact.• Improved trade accuracy on cross-currency transactions having assumed control of FX deal bookings.