Job Description

The LCH Collateral Technology department provides systems for the efficient processing (and investment) of collateral posted to the Clearing House from all participants on all markets cleared by LCH. Our Clearing Members demand standardized and high-quality services that allow them to easily manage their collateral at the Clearing House.

Improving and developing out Collateral Services is at the fore of LCH strategic goals. Our ability to deliver, receive and process collateral efficiently and rapidly is key to our success in an environment of increased collateral demand and changing segregation requirements.

LCH uses market infrastructure providers, commercial banks, central banks, triparty collateral management agents, global custodians and (I) CSDs in day-to-day operations. We accept collateral from a wide range of jurisdictions and operate under European and US regulations.

As LCH develops its collateral services, we need experienced and talented individuals to drive our development agenda.

Key Objectives

This role is for a Calypso Implementation Engineer that has Calypso Front-To-BackOffice implementation experience in v16/v17 of Calypso.

As a key member of the Collateral IT Team, the Calypso Implementation Engineer will actively participate in internal and external requirements definition, design, Calypso configuration and testing and support Calypso Implementation Manager on designing and implementing Calypso solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertakes analytical, experimental, investigative, and other fact-finding work in support of technology product development
• Captures internal and external client technical requirements to inform technology product development. Identifies solutions and alternative paths.
• Evaluates new technology developments and evolving business requirements to recommend appropriate alternatives and / or enhancements to current systems
• Supports the preparation of communications to customers regarding new and improved technology solutions.
• Work closely with and support Senior business analyst on requirements analysis and identify areas where custom code is required to be implemented by the Development teams.
• Implement required Calypso configuration and performing development and testing of the solution.
• Work closely with development and testing teams to ensure that product requirements / functionality meet customer needs and assist in providing estimates for analysis and development.
• Document the proposed solutions, user stories and acceptance criteria on team Wiki
• Work with testing team on developing Calypso CATT automation test scripts.
• Work closely with Business stakeholders to deliver customer specific solutions, including assisting in responding to Clearing Member needs.

Reporting

The Calypso Implementation Engineer reports to the Calypso Solution Manager and works closely with the IT development and Product teams as well as key stakeholders from Collateral Operations, Risk, Finance and Front Office.

Knowledge and Skills

• 4+ years of experience on cross asset Calypso implementation, in below particular areas:
• Experience of latest Calypso versions (preferable v16 and v17)
• Collateral Management (GMRA, CSA and Triparty).
• Worked as Scrum Master or Scrum Team member.
• Preferable Scrum Master Certified
• Working hours pattern will cover UK.

• Experience of latest Calypso versions (v16 and v17)
• Collateral Management (GMRA, CSA and Triparty)
• Cash Management (Cash Sweeping, Interest, Fees) and Inventory Management (Client, Internal, External, MarginCall).
• Industry standard back office processing Cash and Security Settlement, Swift reconciliation, and triparty statement (SWIFT MT and MX), messages (confirmation, advices), Operation (Task Station), Corporate Action, Accounting (General Ledger, P&L Accounting, etc.).
• Workflow and Exception Management
• Static Data (SSI, Entities, Contacts, etc.)
• Preferrable FX, Money Market, Fixed Income and Repo asset classes and their life cycle events.
• Static Data - SSI, Legal Entities, Contacts etc.

• Preferrable experience on CATT (Calypso automated testing tool).
• PL/SQL (Oracle) , Preferable (Ability to develop Java code)

Personal Skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills to communicate and build effective relationships with key stakeholders from Collateral Ops, Risk and Front office
• Demonstrable writing skills and in particular write specification/process documentation that can be understood by functional, managerial, and technical teams
• Good analytical skills and capacity to think outside the box/get creative to solve issues
• Straightforward and dynamic approach to issues
• Team spirit and capacity to fit in a multicultural team across a minimum of 4 entities (London, NY, Paris, Bengaluru)
• Good communicator, fast learner & a Team player
• Attention to detail, disciplined and reliable

Proactive, confident, and high motivation levels

Experience

4 to 6 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience from the Financial Industry, experience in the following areas:

• Agile Business Analysis
• Working in agile scrum environments and in an onshore - offshore model.
• Working on externally facing projects with multiple stakeholders
• This can be either a People Manager or Individual Contributor role.
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• Significant Analyst experience in a software development role.

Education

Degree level education to grade 2.1 or equivalent.

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