EY GDS- Assurance FAAS Manager Trade Operations Specialist
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Collateral Management Operations
- Lead end-to-end collateral management processes for OTC derivative portfolios across various asset classes.
- Provide oversight over exposure calculations and validate margin requirements in accordance with client methodologies and collateral agreements.
- Review and challenge collateral balances, margin movements and settlement information to lead ongoing collateral management activities.
- Oversee collateral eligibility, thresholds, minimum transfer amounts and other key agreement terms.
- Lead collateral call administration activities through preparation, validation and tracking of collateral requirements.
- Drive operational excellence, process standardization and automation initiatives.
Reconciliations and Exception Management
- Oversee reconciliations and exception management processes across counterparties and internal records.
- Manage escalation and resolution of collateral breaks, valuation differences, operational/ aged exceptions and collateral-related discrepancies.
- Monitor KPI/ KRI reporting, trackers, issue logs and exception reporting.
CSA and Documentation Support
- Review and interpret Credit Support Annex (CSA) provisions and provide guidance to document key collateral terms within operational processes.
- Lead collateral onboarding activities and operational readiness assessments.
- Maintain governance collateral reference data, procedures, SOPs and controls.
Reporting, Controls and Governance
- Manage collateral management reports, dashboards and management information packs.
- Monitoring of key risk indicators, operational metrics and service-level agreements.
- Establish and maintain relationships with client management and global stakeholders.
- Supervise engagement execution, planning, budgeting and resource management.
Our Requirements:
- 6-10 years of experience in Collateral Management, Treasury Operations, Derivatives Operations, Capital Markets Operations or Risk Operations.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in finance, complemented with a further relevant professional education (e.g. Chartered Accountant, CPA, CFA or ACCA)
- Experience supporting FX, derivatives, fixed income or money market products.
- Advanced Excel/Power BI skills/ data analytics - familiarity with data visualization and reconciliations.
- Strong knowledge of collateral management and OTC derivative operations.
- Good understanding of IFRS/US GAAP and International auditing standards.
- Knowledge of IFRS/ US GAAP for financial instruments
- Knowledge of ISDA and CSA documentation.
- Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and technical writing skills.
- Ability and comfort level in overseeing client inquires and emerging issues, including regulations,industry practices and current technologies.
📌 FAAS Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 EY
📍 Bengaluru