Description
At Bank of America, you will be part of a team guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
This role is a client-facing position within the Global Markets Agreements and Documentation team. You will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, advising, and executing trading documentation on behalf of Bank of America entities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Negotiate, draft, structure, and advise on a wide range of derivatives, repo, and stock lending documentation.
- Work closely with Sales, Credit, Risk, Onboarding, and other internal teams to maximize the efficiency of the documentation onboarding of clients.
- Advise front office, sales and trading, operations risk, and collateral on documentation issues arising during negotiations.
- Act as a relationship manager for a portfolio of high-priority clients, serving as the primary point of contact and coordinating the agreement negotiation process across products.
- Liaise with internal partners and marketers/traders to accurately reflect the necessary credit and business terms in the transactional suite while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations and bank guidelines and policies.
- Update trading agreement and other systems of record.
- Work on regulatory and other special projects as and when required.
Required Qualifications:
- Prior related experience in a similar role drafting and negotiating master agreements, particularly the NAFMII.
- Strong substantive knowledge of markets documentation, including the PRC law NAFMII master agreement.
- Language skills: English and Mandarin.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently while being part of a cohesive team.
- Highly self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and drive execution.
- Ability to exercise excellent judgment within defined parameters.
- Legal qualification preferred but not necessary depending on level of experience.