Associate - Trading Documentation

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As an Associate, Negotiator within our Global Credit – Trading Documentation team, you will be responsible for negotiating various types of trading documentation related to global capital markets trading platforms while ensuring all agreements adhere to RBC policy documents and that appropriate approvals have been obtained for all deviations from RBC policy.

What will you do?

• Negotiates various industry-standard and, with the Law Group, non-standard master trading agreements, including complex and/or structured trading agreements and ancillary documents.
• Negotiates and reviews regulation-driven documentation, particularly VM and IM agreements.
• Coordinates, in conjunction with the Law Group and other team members, changes and updates to RBC master agreement templates and the management of these templates
• Ensures compliance with RBC policy documents for all trading documentation.
• Ensures appropriate internal systems are updated accordingly.
• Assists Regional Head as required in project and other management.

What do you need to succeed?

Must haves:

• A completed undergraduate degree
• Knowledge of Capital Markets products and the trading environment
• Strong understanding of risk issues
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to handle significant and diverse workload
• Adaptable and committed to continuous learning

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with facility agreements and/or facility-linked swap documentation advantageous but not essential.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry-standard master agreements (ISDA, GMRA, GMSLA, etc) and various counterparty types (banks, corporates, funds, etc)
• Experience negotiating FBF and/or Deutsche Rahmenvertrag advantageous but not essential.
• Legal qualifications/experience.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Flexible work/life balance options.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business.

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Compensation for this position (including salary and discretionary/variable payments) will be determined by factors, including but not limited to candidate's experience, skills, registration status, performance, individual goals, market conditions, and business needs.

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You have the potential to earn RBC's discretionary variable compensation program which gives you an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided that business meets its performance targets and you meet…