Capital Markets - Senior Analyst

Job Title: Capital Markets – Senior Analyst

Corporate Title: AVP

Location: London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview

Based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral is our London MLFC office, on bustling King Edward Street. Here you will find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we are proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus that have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop gardens and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and onsite medical centre.

Job Description
We are looking to hire an individual with a keen understanding of existing operational protocol and risk management with an opportunity to learn, or expand upon, their knowledge of specific rules within primary issuance, and internal technological infrastructure, whilst being able to build a direct operational, and relationship, network within wider GMO teams, as well as with the front office - EMEA ECM banking, syndicate trading, sales teams and other syndicate banks.

Responsibilities:

• Operations support for the EMEA Capital Markets desk

• Booking and amending trades as required whilst completing tasks with a high level of precision and accuracy

• Ensuring that all key operational reconciliations are actioned on time and escalated as necessary within the team and business as required.

• Able to successfully support the distribution and monitoring of the balance sheet risk that is carried on syndicated deals, liaising closely with desk to highlight issues in a timely manner.

• Performing the necessary reconciliations required in the book-build process with other external syndicate members, providing the OPs support to the trading desk and sales in finalising the book, prior to go live.

• Processing the closing payments to issuers and tracking associated fee transfers to other syndicate members in a timely manner.

• Tracking failing deals, engaging with Settlement teams, and supporting any client specific escalations to ensure final settlement.

Skills:

• A track record of supporting Equity and Debt products and delivering operational support for a top tier financial institution.

• Excellent communications skills and ability to present to an audience

• Ability to work under pressure in a team environment

• Ability to liaise with all levels of the firm and people with different experiences and backgrounds

• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised. Candidate will be able to manage own time and know when to escalate

• Maintain focus on a robust control environment, mitigate operational and reputation risks faced in the execution of standard flow business and ensure the successful integration of new business opportunities.

• Establishment and maintenance of relationships with key stakeholders across the product including Trading desks, Operations, Technology and Finance across all regions.

• Develop and manage relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders, understanding their individual requirements whilst managing expectations on a day-to-day basis.

• Actively support any business or product objectives, ensuring the team is focussed on delivering cost efficient and effective processes.

Benefits of working at Bank of America

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 virtual tutoring 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

• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services

• 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 programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

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