Your role:
Are you trustworthy in driving the business forward and to make sure things run smoothly? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment? Are you incredibly organized with an eye for detail?
We're looking for someone who can provide business-related services and support to:
- Assist the FX COO team in run and change the bank activities
- Be a product SME business manager in the FX COO team globally
Partner with business heads, COOs, and logistics and control functions to:
- Ensure the FX & STIR business runs smoothly in the time zone and globally
- Execute and organize key business initiatives, particularly to further digitize the FX business
- Act as sparring partner (who challenges, thinks strategically, and has commercial acumen) to help enable financial outcomes
- Implement, fine tune and execute the front office control framework
- Partner with team members and other COO teams, both locally and globally, to manage implementation of key projects and initiatives including business driven changes, and regulatory, audit and risk remediation activities
- Identify, evaluate and mitigate risks, adhering to regulatory and operational risk standards
- Coordinate and oversee supporting F2B functions day-to-day and via business related governance forums, managing relationships with Technology, Operations / Middle Office, Compliance, Risk, Finance & Controlling, and others
- Monitoring and analysis of financial performance
Your team:
You will be working in the global FX COO team and will report to the Global FX COO. The FX COO team is a global team with business managers based in Singapore, Zurich, London, and New York. We operate globally aligned to the follow-the-sun operating model of the FX & STIR business, within Derivatives & Solutions in Global Markets, which trades a wide range of FX and STIR products across G11, Emerging Markets and Precious Metal currencies. We also support electronic FX desks such as eFX and the Central Risk Book in Derivatives & Solutions as well as FX Prime Brokerage organizationally in Financing within Global Markets. Our team focuses on ensuring that the business operates effectively and efficiently to manage risks, and is enabled to maximize profits while being compliant with regulations, policies and procedures.
Your expertise:
- Background or direct experience in the FX markets
- Knowledge of FX and STIR products, front to back processes, and dependencies in a large trading business including electronic trading
- Ability to communicate and work with stakeholders and team members across all areas of the bank and of various levels of seniority
- Good at building networks of contacts across the business, logistics and control functions
- Ability to understand new issues and processes quickly and determine priorities and solutions based on business need and benefit
- Excellent analytical and presentation skills; proficiency in excel, power point
- Comfortable working independently, as well as in a collaborative environment
- Strong focus, drive and commitment, and track record in getting jobs done on time and to a high standard (a commercial ‘can-do’ approach)
- Able to remain calm under pressure and cope with difficult and changing scenarios i.e. be flexible
- Some leadership / management experience of junior team members
- A university degree
- Proficient in both spoken and written English; any other language skills is an advantage
