Collateral Analyst

**Introduction**

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organizations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilizing new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses.

**Role Purpose**

**Requirements**:

- Bcom degree
- A minimum of 2 years relevant collateral management experience
- Financial instrument valuation experience will be beneficial
- Murex and TriResolve experience will be beneficial

**Duties & Responsibilities**

Coordinate the end-to-end collateral management process for CSAs, GMRAs, and the risks relating thereto by:

- Analysing exposures for specific counter parties and effect margin calls as and when required
- Liaise with counterparties for settlement
- Analyse MTM (Market-to-Market) differences in exposure between the Front Office and counterparties
- Resolve MTM differences by liaising with the Front Office and counterparties
- Keep abreast of market-related events concerning counterparties
- Escalate breaches by counterparties to relevant internal parties and follow the appropriate dispute resolution process
- Distribute interest statements between counterparties or clients
- Pay and receive interest monthly on posted cash collateral
- Improve process and system efficiencies and liaise with the relevant support teams to take remedial action where required
- Perform formal and ad hoc administrative functions (e.g., matching of trades between counterparties and MMI, exposure reconciliations, and day-to-day query resolution)
- Distribute daily reports to Front Office, Credit and Liquidity stakeholders to advise of margin requirements
- Liaise with internal and external auditors to provide relevant information and to respond to any collateral concerns that may arise

**Finance**
- Ensure effective financial management and corporate governance
- Take accountability for the management of business-related risks

**Client Services**
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence, and negotiate, to achieve win-win outcomes
- Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations, and ensure that stakeholders’ requirements are delivered
- Resolve conflict in a manner that does not strain relationships by allowing conflicting views to be raised and mutual gains to be highlighted
- Display emotional intelligence by being sensitive to feelings, needs, values, views, and attitudes of others and being courteous and diplomatic when dealing with difficulties and problems

**People**
- Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
- Contribute to a friendly co-operative climate in working with others to achieve collective goals
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
- Take ownership of personal career development, leveraging formal and informal opportunities
- Act in an ethical, transparent, and morally defensible manner, including highlighting unethical practices
- Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
- Plan and manage own workflow, anticipating obstacles, juggling priorities, and following through on objectives within agreed timeframes and according to quality standards

**Competencies**
- Self-management
- Decision making and problem-solving skills
- Teamwork and cooperation skills
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to priorities task
- Strong numerical skills