Vice president, fixed income job description

VP, Fixed Income Operations - (22000206) Description Jefferies Group LLC, the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm headquartered in the U.S. focused on serving clients for 60 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.
The VP, Fixed Income Ops would be primarily responsible for managing the following teams:

Government/MBS Ops
Repo and Funding Ops

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

Researching and reconciling breaks, fails, open items, unencumbered securities, etc
Liaising with desk, Middle Office, and other Operations teams to satisfy settlement and funding obligations
Architecting and managing trade flows to respective systems/depots for settlement
Re-aligning securities between depots
Creating and repairing processes to lower operational risk to the firm
Leading efforts to manage testing, upgrades, projects, etc

Experience in the following is a plus:

MBS Allocations

Warehouse Lending/Gestation Repo Ops
TMPG and Claims

Qualifications Desirable Qualifications:

Strong knowledge of all Fixed Income clearance/settlement concepts and experience in DTC, Fed, and Euroclear
Strong knowledge of Fixed Income security lifecycle events (fails, maturities, coupons, factors, rate changes, reorgs, etc) and its effect on stock record/trial balances
Proven track record of managing operational risk, processes, projects, and staff
Strong knowledge of Broadridge GPS products (BPS, CAGE, Impact, Gloss)

Proven track record of successfully managing the allocation of collateral into triparty shells and running a funding operation
Proven track record of successfully working with industry peers on Fixed Income initiatives (Same Day Settlement, Fed Repo Tracking, Consolidated Margin, Single Security, etc)
Strong attention to detail
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, analysis of large data sets)
Proven self-starter with ability to think quickly under pressure

The estimated salary range for this role is $130,000-$180,000. This salary range is specific to Jersey City, NJ-based roles only.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer. We practice equal opportunity for all, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with qualified disabilities, as appropriate, under applicable law.

All employees must follow Jefferies' COVID-19 protocol policy, which is subject to change. Your acceptance of an offer means that you will comply with the COVID-19 protocol policy. Jefferies expects that you will work in-person in the office on a schedule set by your manager or the firm.
Primary Location: US-NJ-Jersey CityJob: OperationsOrganization: CorporateSchedule: Full-time Job Posting: Oct 14, 2022, 1:52:21 PM

Job Title: Strats/Fixed Income Strategic Analytics

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: New York, NY

Overview

Deutsche Bank's Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) group is a front-office group combining expertise in quantitative analytics, modeling, pricing, and risk management, with a deep understanding of system architecture and programming.

The Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) Strats team is responsible for delivery of risk and Profit & Loss (P&L) and pricing platforms for the CIB trading businesses globally. The team deliver innovative solutions to business requirements, ensuring that these solutions are accurate, performant, robust, reliable, and scalable.

You will be joining the CIB Strats team to support the development and implementation of the strategic Kannon platform, delivering intraday and end-of-day pricing, risk, and P&L platform for trading desks within CIB. This aims to integrate front office functions into a single architecture, removing duplication, and operational complexity caused by fragmentation of these functions across 30+ legacy platforms.

What We Offer You:

* We offer competitive health and wellness benefits, empowering you to value life in and out of the office

* Retirement savings plans, parental leave, and other family-friendly programs

* An environment that encourages networking and collaboration across functions and businesses

* Active engagement with the local community through Deutsche Bank's specialized employee groups

Return to Office:

At this time, all individuals present in the location must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19

* It is the Bank's expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York office in accordance with the Bank's hybrid working model

* Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion

Hear from our people and look inside our office: DB@The Muse

Your Key Responsibilities:

* Work in partnership with Trading, Structuring, Technology, and Operations to drive the build-out of the strategic analytics platforms

* Responsible for implementing market data functionality in Kannon for Fixed Income & Currencies (FIC), covering IR curves, Inflation, IR vols, and other market data

* Analysis, design, and development of analytics for the desk within Kannon platform

* Strong focus on business-driven opportunities and bringing innovative and quantitative ideas to solve complex problems for the desk

* Foster a collaborative and supportive environment by helping junior members of the team and encouraging them to grow their experience

Your Skills and Experience:

* Strong quantitative, modelling, pricing, and risk management skills, demonstrated within a financial services environment

* Experience developing banking applications and large-scale projects with C++ and/or Python

* Experience working with interest rate vols and other analytic market data

* Strong understanding of Rates derivatives products including Exotics

* Knowledge of front-office risk and P&L calculation. Investment Banking Front-Office application delivery experience

How You'll Lead:

* Attention to detail and excellent problem solving & numerical skills

* Leadership and team management skills

* Able to multi-task across different projects and prioritize against tight deadlines

Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion policy and initiatives.

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