Attorney - Equity Derivatives jobs at Bank Of America in United Kingdom, London

Attorney – EMEA Corporate Governance

Director & Associate General Counsel

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of attorneys and corporate secretaries supporting the regulated UK, Irish and French financial service firms, and lending entities and several other regulated and unregulated EMEA legal entities.
• Ensure entities conduct activities in accordance with applicable company law, local regulatory requirements in respect of corporate governance and Bank of America governance and subsidiary management policies and procedures relevant for the Company Secretarial team.
• Working with management and directors, plan and organise general meetings, board meetings and committee meetings including preparing agendas, drafting resolutions, organising clear and appropriate papers, minute taking, answering director/officer and business line enquiries, and ensuring all board decisions are executed.
• Interface with directors and senior management in region to execute proper governance activities; includes interface with global Bank of America management where necessary.
• Corporate governance subject matter expertise for EU and UK regulated entities.
• Organise and contribute to new director appointments and participate in new director identification process for both internal and external director appointees including guiding proposed appointees through regulatory interviews. Arrange ongoing training on director responsibilities.
• Respond to/request information from risk management, finance, auditors, senior management, group company secretaries and regulators.
• Oversee the following:
  • Maintenance of the statutory registers and internal corporate governance subsidiary record keeping system
  • Local and outside region filings
  • Operation of signing authorities and delegated authorities
  • Execution of legal documents including POA’s, Certificates of Incumbency, Deeds etc. including notarisation / apostille / legalisation.
  • External company secretarial provider companies
• Where necessary, work with business lines and staff areas to establish new legal entities or close inactive legal entities in line with legislative requirements and internal Bank of America procedures.
• Participate in regional legal entity projects, including corporate restructures

Experience and Skills:

• In-house corporate lawyer with company secretary experience and experience of corporate laws and regulations in the EU, England and across the EMEA region
• Law degree required with strong post qualification experience
• Large law firm training and/or in-house Legal department experience; financial institution experience preferred.
• Ability to manage responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions and time zones and manage a high volume of work and clients in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work well with teams and enterprise corporate secretaries globally.
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, and to adapt to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to be successful in a global, matrixed organisation.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Excellent organisational skills with dedication to extraordinary service
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to multi-task and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines
• Proficiency in interacting with senior management.
• Familiarity with Diligent Entities (or similar entity management system) desirable; familiarity with Diligent Boards (or similar board portal application for assembling and distributing meeting materials)
• Financial sector experience is desirable, but not essential as training will be provided

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 including access to school holiday clubs 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.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

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

Equity Derivatives Quant, Vice President

Vice President

Responsibilities

• Working on a wide range of projects including improving our fundamental pricing models

• Developing tools to help identifying trading opportunities and improve the risk management of the books

• Enhancing complex autopricing algorithms used be the firm

Skills

• Candidates educated at Master or PhD level in a STEM subject.

• 2 to 10 years in a quant role in derivatives preferably in Equity Derivatives, with both a theoretical and practical understanding of Local Volatility, Stochastic Volatility, Correlation, Dividend modelling

• Theoretical and practical understanding of numerical methods, including Finite Difference method for PDEs, Bermudan Monte-Carlo

• Products expertise desirable in Equity autocallables, issuer callables, volatility target and variance derivatives

• Experience of implementing models and analytics in C++ and Python in a production quantitative library

• Proven track record of delivering robust, scalable and rigorously tested implementations in a dynamic environment

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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

Equity Derivatives Quant, Vice President

Vice President

Responsibilities

• Working on a wide range of projects including improving our fundamental pricing models

• Developing tools to help identifying trading opportunities and improve the risk management of the books

• Enhancing complex autopricing algorithms used be the firm

Skills

• Candidates educated at Master or PhD level in a STEM subject.

• 2 to 10 years in a quant role in derivatives preferably in Equity Derivatives, with both a theoretical and practical understanding of Local Volatility, Stochastic Volatility, Correlation, Dividend modelling

• Theoretical and practical understanding of numerical methods, including Finite Difference method for PDEs, Bermudan Monte-Carlo

• Products expertise desirable in Equity autocallables, issuer callables, volatility target and variance derivatives

• Experience of implementing models and analytics in C++ and Python in a production quantitative library

• Proven track record of delivering robust, scalable and rigorously tested implementations in a dynamic environment

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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

Job Description:

Job Title:Attorney - Equity Derivatives

Attorney – Employment and Benefits

Director & Assistant General Counsel

Provides general legal counsel on employment and benefits related matters in the UK and across EMEA, as well as providing specific advice on contentious and non-contentious HR related queries and actions. Reviews legal contracts and documents. Individuals in this position typically have a minimum of six years of experience post qualification. The role will be part of a 3 person EMEA HR Legal team in London. The role is located in our Bank of America offices in London.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of this role is to provide first class, commercial and risk-appropriate legal advice to HR in EMEA. This lawyer will have day to day interaction with the HR generalists and country HR partners in the different EMEA jurisdictions. The role requires close liaison with other control functions as well as internal and external lawyers. The role will build a strong relationship with HR and LOB clients and must have the ability to identify practical legal solutions and make recommendations. It will involve:

• Managing and advising on the legal/reputational and regulatory risks arising at all stages of the employment cycle in accordance with the bank's risk framework and culture.
• Acting as strategic partner to the business, assisting the business to weigh the risk/reward balance whilst acting responsibly;
• Managing queries from HR and the business, including Compliance, Risk and Audit on a range of issues.
• Working closely with the EMEA HR legal team, together with other lawyers including regulatory lawyers;
• Providing regular training to HR on employment law matters, frequently asked questions and HR legal documents;
• Engaging and managing outside counsel in a cost-efficient manner;
• Providing general legal support to the business, including the procurement of appropriate regulatory advice;
• Providing advice in respect of the HR aspects of data privacy issues;
• Advising on the HR elements of M&A activity, out­sourcing and other transactional projects.

Experience and Skills:

• In-house employment lawyer with experience of employment laws and regulations in England and across the EMEA region
• Law degree required
• Strong post qualification experience
• Fluent spoken and written English required
• Large law firm training and/or in-house Legal department experience in the area of employment law in the UK and EMEA region, preferably in international banking and finance (or with clients in that area)
• Experience in advising on HR regulatory issues
• Ability to manage responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions and time zones and manage a high volume of work and clients in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, and to adapt to a variety of audiences
• Ability to be successful in a global, matrixed organisation
• Well-grounded in principles of common law, employment law and contract law
• Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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 including access to school holiday clubs 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.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

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

Attorney – Clearing & Fixed Income Derivatives

Director & Assistant General Counsel

Responsibilities:

• The position provides legal representation and support for the EMEA Futures & OTC Clearing business, as well as covering general clearing-related issues, including:
• Legal advice to the Futures and OTC clearing business, collateral management, and other support partners on BAU issues as well as clearing projects.
• Coordinate and support attorneys who cover the Futures & OTC Clearing business in U.S. and APAC.
• Regulatory advice relating to regulations impacting clearing activities such as EMIR 3.0 and CASS rules.
• Legal advice in respect of the Bank’s risk to CCPs, covering issues such as clearing member liability, withdrawal rights, and CCP netting opinions.
• Provide netting advice as well as legal support on accounting and capital issues relating to clearing.
• Advise the business and the documentation group on negotiating customer agreements for Futures & OTC clearing and negotiate more complex agreements directly with clients.
• Coordinate with outside counsel on regulatory, enforcement, and general corporate matters relating to the clearing business.

Experience and Skills:

• Attorney must be licensed to practice in the appropriate jurisdiction(s).
• Should have strong experience in advising on futures and OTC clearing issues (either internally or as external counsel) on both the client clearing documentation front as well as a solid understand of key clearing house rules.
• General experience with uncleared interest rate swap or FX is desirable.
• An excellent attention to detail and accuracy in drafting is a key requirement.
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, and to adapt to a variety of audiences.

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 including access to school holiday clubs 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.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

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