Equity Derivatives Middle Office Control Review - Top Tier Global Investment Bank
A 1 year assignment, providing SME BAU support staff to the Equity Derivatives Middle Office following the migration of a large number of roles to offshore service centres
- Stabilised the BAU function within the Trade Support, Lifecycle Management, Exotic & Structured Deal Review and Data Integrity Teams in London, following a number of regretted leavers that were not part of the offshore migration
- Calculated complex product pay-offs and ensured the timely and accurate notification to Sales, Trading and downstream teams
- Notification and maintenance of lifecycle events
- Controlled risk management via daily controls list
- Solved complex problems and acted as an interface to the Business, Operations and Business Unit Controllers, ensuring all internal client needs were met in an efficient manner
- Conducted a review of the process and controls and implemented enhancements to these controls within the Equity Derivatives Middle Office in the Trade Support, Structured Products LCE Team and the Exotic & Structured Derivatives Group Teams
- The Global Head of Equity Derivatives Middle Office reviewed and approved our proposed control changes and extended the assignment for a further 6 months, seconding our team onto additional control work within the Middle Office
Malcolm Clark
Director and co-owner
Malcolm has over 35 years of financial services recruitment and management consulting experience. After graduating from the University of Exeter in 1989, he initially worked in the accountancy and media sectors before moving into the recruitment industry in the early 1990s. As an investment banking operations and change management specialist, he has worked with some of the world’s leading financial services institutions across the globe.
Malcolm moved into management consulting in 2013.
Martin Perkins
Director and co-owner
Martin has over 35 years financial services logistics experience with 21 of those years spent in investment banking operations. The majority of his career was spent at UBS, where as a Director, he managed a number of departments including: Cash Management, Equity Derivatives Middle Office and Settlements, OTC Equity Control, BAU Process Change, Credit Derivatives Settlements and the cross-asset class ISDA OTC Documentation area.
Martin moved into financial services recruitment in 2006 and management consulting in 2013.
Julian Crow
Director
Julian has over 30 years of financial services recruitment and management consulting experience. After graduating from the Newcastle Business School in 1994, Julian initially worked in the FMCG sector before moving into the recruitment industry in 1996. As an investment banking, asset management, finance and change management specialist, he has worked with some of the world’s leading financial services institutions in the UK, US and Asia.
Julian moved into management consulting in 2013.