Function head - Contract Management

Job Description:
Manager Contract Management Team

CCR department, part of GBIS Operation department, is in charge of:
o Collateral management on OTC products, Repo & Sec lending and CCP cleared products (OTC and listed products) for both Principal & Agency business
o Reconciliation process facing OTC counterparts and cleared trade done by MARK/Principal
o Global monitoring of counter party/country risk
o Project management and more specifically Collateral transformation program and regulatory projects
o This is a worldwide perimeter with teams located in Europe (Paris & London), in USA (Jersey City & Chicago) and Asia (Bangalore, Chennai & Hong Kong).
o Within CCR, the teams located in India are in charge of performing all activities off-shored from other Regions, for both Principal and Agency business.

The Contracts Management Manager is accountable for the quality of the data entered in the system, this represent a major stake as this data is then consumed in many downstream tools, notably on FO, RISK, MMG and OPER side.

               CSA management and setting up the static onto Colline as an application, very good understanding of CSA terminology and uncleared margin rules

              Good knowledge of Master contract documentation (ISDA, GMRA, GMSLA,...).

              Maintain up to date the referential data in the system, notably in case of amendment.

              Understanding of contracts management, client reference data, document reading, sourcing

              Ability to understand upstream / downstream impacts

              Having worked on interpreting the Master Agreement and update key information on risk systems.

              Hands on experience in dealing with different kind of Master Agreements.

              Good Knowledge on Contracts life cycle will be an added advantage.

              Conduct knowledge sharing sessions and huddles for process update (SPE)

              Conduct process improvement drives through brain-storming sessions (SPE)

              Ability to work in a cross cultural team with multi cultural backgrounds

              Ability to understand & report all functional issues and escalations (SPE)

              Demonstrate flexibility according to the process requirement and be an agent of change (SPE)

              Be an excellent team player and assist team whenever required (SPE)

              To ensure BAU are being performed in accordance with the SOP &  no deviations

              Ensure all the SLAs are met, including the mailbox management.

              Ensure Client confidentiality is ad heard to at all times

              Demonstrate a high level of accuracy & avoid repetitions by working with your direct manager and ensuring smooth flow of BAU.

Your key responsibilities within CCR India:
1) Ensure to deliver 100% quality production by way of completion of activities and tasks related to processing of your core function in CCR operations.
2) Demonstrate adaptability and agility towards process needs by being flexible in terms of shifts and working hours to ensure good coverage of business priorities.
3) This position also requires handling of supplementary responsibilities like SOP updating and review, cross trainings, PDP’s, completions of checklists and EOD controls, etc
4) Work on projects and process improvements which will lead to better efficiency, controls and client delight.
5) Complete L&D allocated e-training, mandatory compliance training, service culture sessions, etc on time without any escalations

More precisely, to meet the following stakes and challenges Contributing to the strategy :
1. Contributing to CCR India's strategy and communicate to the staff, conveying messages enabling them to get adpted to that strategy.
2. Understanding and being able to explain team's contribution to CCR strategy and what are the interactions they will have to manage with other departments, business partners and internal / external clients,
3. Defining team's objectives in line with MTR strategy,
4. Maintaining strong relationship with key partners on the industry to follow the stakes and anticipate changes.
5. Closely monitoring the business and production, following main pillars (People, Risk, Client services, Cost, Regulation) :
6. Developing and maintaining the deployment of CI tools and practices,
7. Ensuring that teams are using and following relevant KPI/KRI indicators to ensure a close and formalized follow-up of their activities and risk
8. Monitoring those indicators, and ensure they remain at target, if not, implementing appropriate actions plan, ensuring systematically a good performance dialogue with his team
9. Closely monitoring operational incidents or losses, propose and implement appropriate mitigation plan accordingly,
10. Ensuring the best use and allocation of the resource within his perimeter, and making necessary adjustment if needed,
11. Ensuring full adherance with regulations,
12. Anticipating, implementing and following the HR management of his team (Hiring, plan 2020 PDP_Multilingue for Raghu Kambam Page 1 of 7 leaves, mobility,...).

Empowering his teams :
1. Identifying ST / MT needs (volume and profile), and anticipate teams evolution and changes,
2. Regularly evaluating his teams performance, competency and knowledge to accompany and empower them
3. Ensuring that he is empowering his staff
4. Providing help and accompanying his teams on a day-to-day basis notably via performance dialogue sessions and coaching

Competence Description
Behavioral Competencies:
- Result oriented: Capacity to reach ambitious but realistic objectives.
- Risk oriented : Understanding of priority, risks and stakes and more specifically on operational risk and clients,
- Client oriented : Capacity to answer efficiently to client request with the best service quality,
- Cooperation: They also need to demonstrate team spirit with mindset of working with others in harmony, contributing towards innovation and change mgmt process, team work and favor general interest.
- Exemplarity: Demonstrate ownership and commitment to deliver 100% on code of conduct, compliance and risk management policies, training completion, on their own.
SG technical competencies:
Technical skills:
- Good understanding of market environment (Industry, infrastructure, regulatory rules),
- Good understanding of bilateral collateral management and clearing stakes,
- Good communication (oral and written capabilities), capacity to convey strong messages,
- Change management and process improvement culture,
- Capacity to Master the tools and application

Knowledge and analytical skills in areas of Capital market operations and OTC Derivatives.

 Relevant experience within the Capital Markets practice, preferably Collateral Operations, including portfolio reconciliations and dispute management.

Good oral and written communication skills and ability to deal with external counterparties with minimum or zero assistance.

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