Product Development- Employment ,career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Product Development
Job Type:    Contract/Temp
Location:    London
Start Date:    ASAP
Duration:    12 Months
Salary:    GBP - GBP600 p/day
Ref No:    119316-285775_745544


An immediate opportunity has arisen for an experienced Product Developer to join our client, a leading investment bank based in London.

Key responsibilities of the Product Developer will include:
- Ensuring delivery of programme objective to complete the build-out of long/short equity capabilities, extend the offering into other asset classes and further strengthen the existing operating model within the core categories of new products, capability, control and scalability.
- Driving product enhancements outside of the core build programme aimed primarily at supporting and enabling further monetisation of the Prime platform.
- Defining, recommending and prosecuting agreed geographical expansion initiatives for Prime Finance.
- Building strong product management functions to support a growing business, specifically in relation to processes and procedures around client commercials, MIS, documentation and core operating models.
- Ensuring that all regulatory changes scheduled to impact prime are captured, fully understood, socialised throughout the broader Prime team and clearly identified routes to compliance are documented.
- Supporting broad marketing and branding initiatives for Prime Finance both internally and externally.

The ideal Product Developer will possess the following attributes/skills:
- Equity Finance experience, in particular finance and collateral trading / treasury funding and cash management. An in-depth understanding of the mechanics of a Front Office treasury function, how daily treasury funding processes work, the importance of liquidity management, interest rate risk management, and cash management processes.
- A strong understanding of risk and margin.
- An in-depth understanding of custody and client asset management.
- Exposure to synthetic products (portfolio swaps, contract for differences) and derivatives.
- An understanding of the Operations functions that support the business.
- Candidates must have strong analytical skills.
- A proven track record of client delivery
- Excellent communication skills are essential.
- Strong internal stakeholder engagement skills / experience including the ability to lead, influence, and negotiate effectively are a necessity.
- 10 years in Prime Brokerage / Prime Finance (or related product / business experience) is preferable.
- A strong understanding, or a working knowledge of current financial regulatory change is required (for example AIFMD, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, FATCA, Financial Transaction Taxes).
- Data modelling / process modelling and a working knowledge of Microsoft Access and Excel would be ideal, but are not essential skills in prospective candidates.

If you have similar Product Development experience to that outlined above and are looking for a temporary opportunity within a progressive and dynamic environment, please forward your CV today.

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003



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