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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

PM/BA hybrid within New Business and Projects area delivering Front Office change initiatives across Fixed Income / Equities / IB.Current / target state analysis / design. Stakeholder Management.Analysis of regulatory reporting impacts including MiFID II, EMIR, STFR and ALD.

Repo market making in European Government bonds, firm financing. Treasury portfolio collateral optimization.

Market making and trading of European Treasury bills, short coupon bonds and Repo. Auction and primary dealership management. Cross area focus, working with syndicate on issuance for key accounts. Driving investor diversification to increase efficiency and capital optimization.

Set up of new product offering for FI Syndicate, including onboarding new issuers. Strong client focus and cross divisional working between DCM/IBD and the sales force globally. Providing targeted colour for investors and issuers on opportunities and trends within the ECP space. Optimizing utilization of balance sheet.

Executing strategic MTN flow to secure public business. Responsible for driving vanilla private placement volume. Issuer relationship management, providing feedback on deal flow and investor trends.

Ensured accurate processing of public new issues, dealing with lead managers and sales to ensure accurate booking and delivery of bonds to clients. Thorough understanding of front to back processes from execution to settlement.

Managing domestic settlements team across European, US and UK bond markets. Planning staff development, desk structure, hiring. Relationship management with agents, depositories, clearing systems and clients.