Global Banking & Markets, Chief Underwriting Office, Associate, London

Global Banking & Markets, Chief Underwriting Office, Associate, London location_on London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

The candidate will have responsibility for a broad range of day-to-day tasks including:

Advising deal teams on approval requirements for different transaction types

Scheduling, ensuring smooth operation of, and minuting follow ups for Capital or Commitments committees in various forms (regular, ad hoc, and offline meetings and various delegated processes)

Initiating risk bookings post transaction signing via approval of eCARs, working with Controllers, Middle Office and Divisional Risk to ensure accurate reflection of risk on the balance sheet

Deputized responsibilities on behalf of Chief Underwriting Officers including presentation of transactions to committee; approval of Investment Grade bond issuances; and closing of committee follow-ups

Assistance in roll-out of regulatory driven changes to approval processes and committee memoranda templates in coordination with Engineering, Credit Risk and GBM Private Leadership

Coordination of responses to both internal and external audits and periodic regulatory examinations

Acting as a team lead by advising and training junior team members

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• At least 4-5 years of related experience
• Interest in debt and equity capital markets
• Accurate and detail-oriented with sound judgment and integrity
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, oral as well as written
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• Strong coordination and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
• Motivated to develop credit and equity analysis skills and an understanding of financing documentation
• Ability to work well with team members and across multiple other internal teams, motivated to train and advise junior team members

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees' priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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