Graduate Collateral Management Analyst - Buy-side Trading & Operations Services

My client is a market leading buy-side trading & operations services business that spun‑out of one of the largest and most successful hedge funds in the world. Their offering is a suite of technology and investment management infrastructure services that they provide to the world's leading hedge funds and asset managers.

They are currently looking for a Graduate Collateral Management Analyst to join a small team of 4 working on a wide range of functions including Collateral Management, Margin Call, and Cash Management.

• An opportunity to play a key role in one of the most exciting hedge fund focused Fin Tech businesses in the world.
• An opportunity to work in a high talent density organisation, alongside an exceptional team who have joined the business from top tier hedge funds and other major financial markets institutions.
• Market leading compensation, including an annual discretionary bonus, regular salary reviews and ongoing opportunities for financial advancement.
• Benefits including pension, healthcare, life insurance, 26 days holiday and 10 further days working from wherever you want in the world amongst others.

You will initially be trained up to support the following functions:

• Management and processing of bilateral margin calls, including SIMM validation and segregation of IM collateral.
• Management and processing of cleared margin calls across cleared OTC and listed trading arrangements.
• Ensuring timely settlement of bilateral cashflows relating to trade life cycle events.
• Assisting in margin dispute resolution processes, including extensive communication with counter parties.
• Assisting in process enhancement and streamlining daily treasury workflows.
• Oversight of periodic reporting on client free cash and encumbered capital, ensuring adherence to client SLAs.
• Assisting with daily cash management of client's cash balances and funding requirements.
• Liaising daily with fund accountants and middle office teams on a range of issues including valuation discrepancies as well as position and cash breaks.
• Co-ordinate timely collateral substitutions.
• Validate and agree monthly bilateral collateral interest accruals.
• Oversight of FXPB settlements.

Further progression points will include:

• Execution of Cash Management FX swaps
• Assist with investing of unencumbered capital on behalf of clients.
• FX Hedging; oversight and execution of required portfolio and investor hedging activities on behalf of clients.

• Graduate from a top tier university with a degree in Economics or similar
• Experience working in a financial markets environment through internships.
• Any Treasury or Collateral Management knowledge would be highly beneficial.
• A keen interest in financial markets and an understanding of FX and Fixed Income markets.
• Advanced Excel skills are essential.
• Experience in SQL, Python & VBA is highly desirable.