Transaction Management Analyst, Middle office

Join us as a Transaction Management Analyst

• We’ll look to you to support the middle office for the Treasury business covering term funding and capital raising, FX and interest rate risk management, and liquidity portfolio management
• Acting as the liaison between front office and other support areas, you’ll monitor workflow queues to ensure day one accuracy, and maintain the integrity of all underlying assets, trade bookings, structure maintenance, and appropriate reconciliations
• You’ll calculate a daily volatility buffer and liaise with the collateral management team to independently verify the margin calls
• We're offering this role at associate level

What you'll do

As a Transaction Management Analyst, you’ll work on the trade validation of vanilla and exotic derivative products and support the trading activity of derivative transactions relating to secured funding. This will include the maintenance and development of the volatility buffer calculation. You’ll ensure the accuracy of all components of new and existing transactions across internal systems and manage all medium-term notes across various programmes through their life cycle. You’ll also control the event management process, including rate resets, coupons, calls, triggers, and early redemptions.

You’ll deal with any transaction related queries originating from front office, client services, and other support areas. You’ll also maintain procedure manuals and daily process checklists and you’ll produce daily control dashboard reporting for transaction control and front office management.

In addition, you’ll:

• Contribute to continuous process improvements and strategic projects relating to structured transactions and provide support for the implementation and development of a global support model
• Ensure the accuracy of all components of new and existing transactions across internal systems and maintain an understanding of the cash flows of the business, ensuring accurate funding on a daily basis
• Liaise with colleagues across other teams and functions to facilitate continuous process improvements and strategic projects relating to structured transactions
• Ensure all reconciliations and reports are complete and signed off on a timely basis, such as internal deals, exercise reports, and corporate actions
• Maintain knowledge of the front to back operations process, including the key elements of settlements, finance, and risk
• Assist in the development of the control environment within the structured products support team and with system development testing

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need knowledge of treasury and rates products, such as FX, money market, and derivative products and experience of working in a derivatives middle office, trade support, or control role. You’ll also have an understanding of the functions performed by other support areas.

As well as this, we’re looking for:

• Good Excel skills
• Strong communication skills
• The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• Experience of working in environments of continuous improvement