European Head of Derivatives Clearing Systems Technology recruitment
HSBC are looking for a senior manager to oversee the Derivatives Clearing Systems (DCS) Technology team in the UK with responsibility for the design, delivery and support of all DCS systems and applications in line with the business requirements. DCS encompasses Futures and Listed options as well central clearing of other derivatives.
Responsibilities of the role will include:
- Ownership of all aspects of the regional technology strategy and participation in the overall global strategy
- Ownership of relationships with UK businesses and managing the technology relationship with the US DCS businesses
- Managing, coordinating and assisting in the accelerated rollout of defined projects for covered business lines, front and back
- Maintaining communication with clients and traders to ensure a strong relationship between the business and IT
- Managing the DCS Technology team including budgets, projects and resources
- Growing the team in line with regional strategy and plans – recruit, train and lead resources accordingly
- Liaising with exchanges, clearing houses, regulatory bodies as appropriate
- Managing the maintenance and enhancement of existing systems and programs
Candidates will have a proven track record developing and implementing strategies for central clearing, previous experience implementing processes and flows supporting vanilla swap products and will have ideally delivered systems for futures front and back office. You will need excellent relationship building skills and experience in leading teams in a cross functional globally distributed environment. Knowledge of back office clearing systems and a high level technical understanding would be highly beneficial.
Please contact sophie.gough@hsbc.com for further information