Director Structured Products

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

• 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.