Director Structured Products

About Our Client

Our client is a leading European Corporate & Investment Bank.

Job Description

Exciting opportunity for a Director Structured Products with a European Corporate & Investment Bank in London.

Main Purpose of this role

• Structuring credit solutions for clients of the bank, involving discussions with clients, idea generation, documentation negotiation, and client presentation.
• Co-ordinate medium-sized projects including NPPs, identifying resource requirements, monitoring performance against objectives, and acting to ensure targets are met and products are approved.
• Work on and devise new and innovative structures, demonstrating technical knowledge and commercial judgement.
• Develop and define processes, systems, and procedures ensuring standards and requirements are met and improving efficiency.
• Implement medium-term business plans for own area of expertise and responsibility, including plans on income growth and geographical reach, taking into consideration regulatory landscape.
• Initiate actions to further improve skills and performance, continuously looking for opportunities for own professional development.
• Work closely with Sales colleagues to generate new trade leads and structures.
• Ensure that trades and structures are efficient from a tax and regulatory perspective, with ongoing monitoring of changes in rules and regulations.
• Presentation to senior management, including attending management or risk committees to present trades and seek approval.
• Work closely with Legal and Operations colleagues to ensure trades are structured in a legally efficient manner and trades can be handled operationally by the bank.

Additional Responsibilities

• Focus on Europe and Americas franchise including deriving further business from the Corporate Clients and Financial Institutions segments. Involves travel to meet clients and building internal network to promote the business.
• Origination & structuring of credit derivative transactions, structured repo products, collateral lending, collateral swaps, and illiquid assets (syndicated and bilateral loans) and the related hedging instruments.
• Responsible for building pipeline of business and execution of that pipeline, working together with colleagues where required.
• Responsibility for internal approvals process for own transactions.
• Understanding of modelling, quantitative aspects, and XVA of credit derivatives, FX, and interest rate products.
• Detailed understanding of Loan (LMA/LSTA/Bilateral), Credit Derivatives (ISDA), Repo (GMRA), and collateral lending (GMLSA) documentation and ability to negotiate with clients, internal legal department, and external counsel.

The Successful Applicant

Key Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years' experience working in trading or structuring of fixed income structured products.
• Educated to minimum of degree level in quantitative subject (Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Quantitative Finance etc.), 2:1 level or above plus higher level formal qualification in a quantitative subject (Masters, PhD, or professional qualification).
• Should include experience in the structuring or trading of structured credit derivatives and in addition either structured repo or illiquid assets (and ideally both).
• Track record in delivering solutions and generating significant revenue on structured credit derivative, structured repo, and illiquid asset transactions.
• Team player with collaborative working ethos and strong moral integrity.
• As an FCA certified person you must maintain all necessary licences, certificates, and qualifications required to perform your role.

What's on Offer

The package will be competitive.

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