Equity Trade Control Analyst

Job Description:

Job Title: Communications and

Corporate Title: Up to Assistant Vice President

Location: London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location:

Based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral is our London MLFC office, on bustling King Edward Street. Here you will find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we are proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus that have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop gardens and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and onsite medical centre.

Job Description:

This role requires an understanding of Equity Derivatives and experience managing mandatory and voluntary Corporate Actions within a trading or investment banking environment. The successful candidate will be degree educated in a relevant discipline such as Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Engineering or a related field and will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with Front Office, Technology, Operations and external clients in a fast-paced, risk-controlled environment.

Responsibilities:

• Corporate Action events processing (elections & bookings)
• Client Swap allocations
• Performing Lifecycle events on swaps
• Client facing Follow the Sun extended client service for swap queries
• Single Stock and Index dividend reconciliation vs hedges
• Rate & price fixings
• Process Dividend payments and FX
• Investigating P&L discrepancies
• Build robust operation controls in place for risk monitoring
• Query resolution.
• Projects enhancement outside day to day, constantly seeking process improvements and build strong relationship with Tech/FO/Operations and relevant stakeholders

Skills:

• Demonstrated understanding of Equity Derivatives.
• Processing Mandatory and Voluntary Corporate Action bookings on swap and hedge positions front to back.
• Managing Voluntary Corporate Action event variation requests.
• Query management with Front Office and clients.
• Build and maintain effective client relationships.
• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify and implement process enhancements.
• Build robust operational controls for risk monitoring.
• Experience working on projects and process improvement initiatives in partnership with Technology, Front Office, Back Office and Operations stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise effectively.
• Advanced Excel skills required; VBA and/or Python preferred.
• Degree educated in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Engineering, Business, or another relevant discipline.

Benefits of working at Bank of America 

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.