Clearing Product Specialist recruitment
The successful individual will be responsible for:
Internal Responsibilities
• Work with Clearing Product Manager direction to draft high-level Business Requirement Documents (BRDs).
• Meet with cross-functional teams (including buy-side product management, Operations, UAT, etc) to explain clearing services and functionality.
• Provide ‘Tier 3’ subject matter expertise in occasional escalation related to client onboardings and/or production trade activity.
• Perform sanity tests of new clearing service functionality.
External Responsibilities
• Draft instructional documents which walk clients through specific clearing functionality. This includes external specifications and ‘one pagers’.
• Attend clearing house meetings with Product Managers; contribute to discussions with respect to current industry activities and planning.
• Attend client meetings (with Product Managers, Sales, and/or Account Management); contribute to walk-through of services and future offerings.
The ideal candidate will have:
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Familiarity with OTC derivatives preferred.
• Familiarity with clearing house processes preferred.
• Familiarity with sell-side and buy-side financial firms preferred.
• Ability to draft/deliver documents under deadlines.
• Ability to come up a steep learning curve quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• As this role interfaces with many internal and external parties, the candidate must be able to work patiently and effectively with a variety of personalities and temperaments.