Description
Build a stronger, more modern trading services organisation where controls, client outcomes, and scalable processes go hand in hand.
In this role, you will lead a team that supports end-to-end post-trade execution and drives meaningful change through process improvement and system modernisation.
As a Senior Vice President within our Equity Derivatives Middle Office team, you will lead a trading services organisation responsible for end-to-end post-trade support and control execution while driving global transformation initiatives.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a people manager-led organisation, setting clear goals, accountability, and performance expectations
- Manage day-to-day post-trade support across the equity derivatives lifecycle, ensuring timely, accurate execution and escalation when needed
- Execute and evidence operational controls within required timelines and governance expectations
- Partner with key stakeholders across the trading lifecycle to support new business initiatives, including control and process design
- Coordinate delivery of strategic initiatives and system modernisation efforts, including process re-engineering and operating model change
- Drive continuous improvement across processes, controls, and operational architecture, reinforcing a culture of operational excellence
- Maintain working knowledge of equity derivatives trading structures to assess operational impact and support effective decision-making
- Collaborate with risk, finance, legal, and collateral partners to manage downstream impacts and resolve issues efficiently
- Promote a “one team” culture across operations and infrastructure partners to improve outcomes and reduce handoffs
Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 10 years of experience working in an equity derivatives environment with demonstrated product knowledge
- Minimum 5 years of people management experience, including performance management, coaching, and team development
- Experience leading or materially contributing to large-scale global strategic initiatives
- Experience delivering transformation and/or system modernisation programs (for example: platform change, workflow digitisation, control redesign, operating model transformation)
- Knowledge of derivatives product offerings and client requirements sufficient to manage business demand and priorities
- Knowledge of end-to-end post-trade operations processes (including confirmations, settlements, and regulatory reporting)
- Experience driving issue identification, escalation, and resolution across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Experience partnering with infrastructure and control functions (for example: finance, market risk, credit risk, operational risk, legal, collateral) and assessing downstream impacts
- Proficiency in data analysis for operational decision-making, with demonstrated numerical capability
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel; experience using automation tools such as VBA for operational workflows and reporting
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills
- Experience leading multi-year change programs across a front-to-back trading operating model
- Experience improving control frameworks through simplification, automation, and measurable outcome tracking
- Experience operating in a regional or multi-location coverage model with distributed teams and stakeholders
- Experience producing senior stakeholder updates and governance materials for complex programs