Front Office Quantitative Analytics Specialist Director jobs at Wells Fargo in United Kingdom, City Of London

In this role, you will:

• Work with origination teams across multiple locations, reviewing complex deal structure, legal and ancillary documents for operational compatibility across our Bilateral, Participation and Agency lending portfolios, ensuring compliance with the bank’s internal policies and guidelines.

• Coordinate with the Lines of Business, Loans Administration and Agency teams regarding all aspects of new and ongoing documentation issues.

• Have oversight of deal builds in Loan IQ and production of deal overview sheets for Loans / Agency teams, & approval of same when completed by lower level team members.

• Provide assistance to relationship manager in execution and closure of transactions.

• Ensure all compliance related requirements are completed for each new transactions and clients (KYC + any other documents required internally).

• Answering ad-hoc syndicate, borrower and internal queries.

• Regularly update and maintain internal databases and management information systems.

• Complete internal procedures as required to set up clients for specific products, ensuring all procedures comply with government regulations and company policies.

• Liaise with various internal departments (esp. credit control department and back office) to ensure smooth transactions execution, booking and reporting.

• Manage the timely collection and distribution of financial information and related correspondence to syndicate lenders.

• Keep the Head of Loan Onboarding team abreast of on-going issues and escalation points.

• Support the teams focus on continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.

• Assist is the control framework completion & roll out across the London Loan Operations team

• Assist/lead/represent

• Keep up-to-date with industry changes affecting loan documentation and product via the LMA/LSTA websites and attendance to relevant seminars.

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience in reviewing, facilitating and managing new and revised Loan Facility documentation with a strong familiarity of products and structuring awareness.

• Experience in Commercial Loan Closing, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

• Excellent knowledge of industry standards relating to documentation and credit practices including extensive knowledge and understanding of Loan Market Association (LMA) and Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA) facility documentation.

• Client focused with excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

• Individual accountability and ownership.

• Strong teamwork orientation. Role modeling flexibility working across product and relationship teams in both strategic and network client arena.

• Experience of Loan IQ, Debt Domain and Intralinks preferable.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

About this role:

Wells Fargo is looking for a Control Management Specialist to join the International Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Control Team. This role focuses on implementing and overseeing the First Line of Defense corporate risk program requirements. Specifically, the Specialist will assist the Markets Control within the International Markets Control team. Responsibilities include providing control coverage across International Markets and contributing to governance programs. The ideal candidate should have a grasp of different Markets traded businesses and operational risk management principles.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in mitigating current and emerging risk exposures associated with the activities and operations of the assigned business group, and identify opportunity for process improvements within the scope of defined business control responsibilities.

• Review and analyze basic business challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives.

• Develop and implement risk monitoring, risk reporting processes, and controls while evaluating and reporting results where necessary.

• Present recommendations for resolving complex situations and exercise independent judgment while developing Control Management functional area expertise.

• Provide support in the interpretation of policy, guidelines, and governance programs as front line liaison to Independent Risk Management area.

• Collaborate and consult with Control Management team and key stakeholders, including internal customers.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Risk Management or Financial Services industry, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with developing and/or executing risk and control assessment programs.

• Knowledge of RCSA, process, purpose.

• Knowledge of products, services, applicable regulations for a Markets Business.

• Experience in operational risk reporting and escalation programs

• Knowledge and experience in risk management practices.

• Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) concepts.

• Personal ability to understand and operate successfully in a matrixed corporate environment

• Good communication skills (verbal, written and interpersonal); ability to concisely articulate complex concepts in a clear manner.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

In this role, you will:

• Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop or influence long-term goals for highly complex business and technical needs across Commercial Banking or Corporate & Investment Banking
• Lead the sourcing of new clients or growing of existing relationships for a given product or specialty in close coordination with coverage teams
• Understand clients’ businesses, strategic objectives, operational priorities, and financial positions within the context of individual deals and client relationships
• Partner with client teams to independently work on client transactions and advise on peer transactions, including highly complex, larger, and multi-product financing opportunities, including analyzing potential opportunities, structuring, proposing, and selling tailored financial solutions to clients, strategically leading internal coordination, and submitting transactions to management or independent risk for approval
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
• Partner with product management functional partners to provide vision, direction, and expertise to leadership on evolving market needs to enable the innovation, design, and delivery of credit solutions more effectively, including large-scale, cross-functional, or companywide strategies
• Serve as a mentor for less experienced individuals

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in secured or specialized lending sales, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Qualified by Experience, having been immersed in the UK ABL market, preferably in a UK clearing bank or US ABL shop in the UK.

Job Expectations:

• Ideally based in the north of England, the role will be to develop and maintain relationships in this region, but will also have responsibilities covering the whole of the UK alongside existing team members.
• With occasional travel to London.
• The position will suit someone who values the ability to work independently in a focused, self-managed environment and in varied settings while maintaining strong relationships with different business stakeholders.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

About this role:

If you possess a strong grasp of regulatory functions and compliance requirements, this opportunity could be ideal for you. Join us now and become part of a dynamic team committed to operational excellence.

In this role, you will:

• Assist with the design and production of robust daily, weekly monthly reporting to ensure compliance with the core regulatory requirements.

• Assist with monitoring of established regulatory controls and any applicable reporting threshold changes.

• Review, analysis and impact assessment across applicable EMEA regulations to ensure completeness.

• Documentation and capture of all regulatory processes and controls within RACT.

• Visibility of front-to-back regulatory processes & reporting mechanisms in order to provide effective challenge and review.

• Continuously reviewing the control environment for gaps or issues.

• Assist with the Quarterly review and preparation of the group’s procedures and any related sign off checklists.

• Keep up to date with Regulatory developments.

• Collaborating globally to ensure alignment of procedures and processes.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Institutional Investment Operations, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

• Experience with EMEA regulatory requirements and reporting rules (MiFID II experience desirable).

• An understanding of the current regulatory environment (EMIR, MIFID, SFTR etc) and how that impacts the business/operations.

• Work experience in the financial sector, ideally in a regulatory focused role.

• Highly developed analytical skills.

• Strong resilience, with the ability to pursue items or required change.

• Strong attention to detail and embraces a ‘Right First Time’ mentality.

• Able to communicate in a clear and concise manner and share information/new ideas with other team members.

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office products.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

In this role, you will:

• Complete all daily cash nostro real-time monitoring for settlement status & liquidity blockages per documented procedure & task checklists (monitoring inbound & outbound flows).

• Advise MCT desk of total amount of outgoing currency required & therefore the funding position daily.

• Assist MCT in ensuring nostro EOD balances are within agreed thresholds Liaise with relevant Ops teams and MCT in regard to unsettled high value payments.

• Provide any required advance notification for specific settlements above agreed thresholds to MCT desk as per agreed Liquidity management RACIs.

• Monitor account systems and advise MCT desks of any shortfall.

• Execute funding requests from various EMEA Ops teams or MCT desk to move funds across nostros /CSD cash accounts in order to ensure underlying LOB transactions are settled on time.

• Own & complete daily cash forecasting activities for the various businesses.

• Act on requests in regard to flattening any excess funding positions as per MCT requests.

• Execute on various specific Cash management team tasks in regard to the type of business cash being monitored , e.g. for the FX business the team will create & send EOD confirmation if Reg W account need to be funded.

• Provide daily files with T+1 Cash Flow deals to Treasury for the relevant EMEA entities, aligned to agreed thresholds for the various legal entities.

• Complete required team owned MIS, including monthly FX Risk Packs for required ALCO meetings.

• Complete any other recurring or ad-hoc reporting requests as advised by manager or delegate.

• Carry out proactive checks to ensure monitoring systems have updated accordingly.

• Partner with MCT & Network management in regard to creation of new Nostro Accounts request to EFIA tool for the EMEA entities being supported.

• Act as a risk champion, ensure you are meeting all risk expectations of the company including adhering to the Risk management framework, policy & procedures, ensuring emerging & actual risk incidents are flagged to the relevant teams within EMEA Ops & also the BCM group in a timely fashion.

• Support your team in manager in regard to any process or control reviews carried out by any of the reviewing teams including Internal Audit, EBCE , IT&V.

• Drive a culture of continuous process improvement .

• Work with your manager in regard to any change initiatives /projects as requested.

Required Qualifications:

• Ideally experience in a Cash management Operations role in another Financial institution.

• Fast learner, strong communication skills and attention to detail.

• Strong incident escalation capability.

• Strong IT & data collation skills, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.

• Organized with good time management skills Strong prioritization skills.

• Ability to handle multiple priorities and perform well under pressure.

• Experience of dealing with a variety of internal partners, providing examples of where collaboration assisted with resolving issues.

• Good understanding of International business including Investment banking & also Lending /commercial banking products and payments.

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Able to work in a small team environment and work as a team.

• Self-motivation and flexibility required to recognize the need to step up to assist colleagues and manager when required.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

In this role, you will:

• Actively make markets in High Grade Credit Bonds, monitor trading books, and manage associated risks.
• Work closely with Credit Sales to support client flow and build relationships.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance strong client connections.
• Engage with other Wells Fargo businesses to generate new opportunities, including supporting origination efforts.
• Utilise Fixed Income electronic trading platforms and contribute to market development within the broader EMEA Credit Trading business.
• Leverage knowledge of the credit markets, electronic trading, and risk management to drive trading ideas and execution.
• Stay up-to-date with Wells Fargo’s products, services, and client needs to support the firm’s broader trading and origination strategies.
• Contribute to analysis, modelling, and management information (MI) reporting as needed.
• Ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards, adhering to Wells Fargo’s risk and conduct framework.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Securities Trading, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, especially the Credit markets.
• Experience in Securities Trading or similar, including experience in financial modelling and relative value analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Job Expectations:

This position is deemed to be a Certified Person function under the FCA and PRA Certification Regime. You must always remain fit and proper to perform your role, and this will be assessed on at least an annual basis

In addition to the responsibilities summarised in your job description, you are also required to always comply with the FCA/PRA Conduct Rules:

1. You must act with integrity.

2. You must act with due skill, care and diligence.

3. You must be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators.

4. You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly. 5. You must observe proper standards of market conduct.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

In this role, you will:

• Provide full trade support cover for all traders/sales teams in a controlled manner by following all MO procedures.

• Intra-day Risk and P&L reporting, investigation of discrepancies between reported and posted P&L.

• Trade capture of in-scope derivatives for XVA Risk and NPV, lifecycle maintenance and production of PnL and Risk impacts on daytrades.

• Trade Capture of hedge trades executed by the desk to manage market risk associated with the XVA business.

• Production and review of Start of Day Market Risk for Trading to risk manage from and generate PnL attribution from at End of Day.

• End of Day PnL production and attribution on portfolio, result validation with Traders, and investigation of discrepancies.

• Ownership of operational controls on XVA portfolio and corresponding reconciliations.

• Key Partner to other control and operations functions including Market Risk Oversight, Enterprise Capital Risk Management, Finance and Technology.

• Project leadership on transformational work in XVA space to meet business needs, and changing regulatory requirements.

• Understanding of Market Linked Notes and SPV Repack booking process.

• Act as the link between business requirements and technology solutions.

• Have a high level of attention to detail to ensure all trades checked before verified on trade date.

• Participation in system upgrades / testing.

• Liaise with Risk and Product Control Departments to resolve any discrepancies between Middle Office and other reports produced elsewhere.

• Ability to work with team members and business partners across the bank.

• Contact teams internally or externally (ie the client) to solve in a timely manner any break or issue that may appear on a trade.

• Monitoring of daily trading exception reports.

• Resolution of trade queries.

• Run, analyze and solve breaks of front to back reconciliations.

• Work closely with Settlements/Payments functions.

• Project work/Ad hoc management requests.

• Enhancement of the control framework around the daily processes.

• Maintenance and enhancement of governance documents (e.g. Process flows and procedures).

• Fact finding for any issue and help escalation to Management.

• Ensure all Initiatives are captured on the teams BOW and is updated.

• Team player and must show flexibility for working early morning or late shifts.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a strong academic background and experience in a Middle Office or Product Control position.

• They must be analytical with strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Understanding of trade lifecycle across the Rates and FX, Credit (CDS) and Cash products (bonds).

• Ability to work across multiple regions.

• Must have advance Excel skills and coding skills (VBA/ Python) experience.

• Confident and the ability to work under pressure of a trading floor and deliver on strict deadlines.

• Good interpersonal and networking skills to help close out issues.

• Experience of change management.

• High level of attention to detail.

• Good knowledge on Fixed income derivatives: Rates swap / CDS / FX and also FX option and Rates Swaptions.

• The ability to operate and enhance the team to work in a highly controlled manner and ensuring all processes/procedures are documented.

• Proactive and the ability to take ownership and lead initiatives/projects to close.

• Team Player with good communication skills and demonstrate a high level of transparency towards working as one strong team.

• Experience in Capital Markets middle office, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Degree in quantitative subject preferred.

• Previous experience of working in FX, Rates, XVA or Exotic rates/credit as Middle Office.

• Knowledge on systems Calypso, Catalyst.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.