Structured Credit Middle Office Delta Capita United Kingdom Middle 13h ago

Remote Genie; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Delta Capita is seeking a Structured Credit Middle Office professional for its London operations. You will support Exotic Credit trading desks with trade management, lifecycle governance, and end-to-end operational control within a hybrid- London-based setup.

The role involves collaborating with Front Office, Settlements, Valuations, and Risk teams while contributing to process improvements and regulatory reporting. 6-month Fixed Term Contract in London with hybrid working is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with SPVs and structured notes in a trading context.
• Proven ability to validate trades and monitor lifecycle events (T+1).
• Strong governance and control mindset for complex products.

Responsibilities

• Review Front Office trade bookings against term sheets and blotters.
• Understand exotic product booking, valuation and downstream interfaces.
• Manage full trade lifecycle including call events and structured note issuance.
• Provide end-to-end support with documentation, settlements, valuations and reconciliations.
• Produce T0 P&L flash and risk-based attribution; prepare daily activity reports.
• Design and maintain controls and governance for bespoke structured products.

Skills

SPVs

Repackaging

Structured notes

T+1 validation

Trade lifecycle

Structured repos

CLNs

CLOs

Exotic derivatives

Controls

Operational risk

Numerical skills

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Excel

AI tools interest

Tools

Excel

Job description

A leading global investment bank is looking for a Structured Credit Middle Office professional to join its Operations function. You will provide trade management and first-line support to the Exotic Credit trading and structuring desks. The role is central to the trading activity of the desks it supports and offers broad exposure to complex structured products, senior Front Office stakeholders and teams across the bank’s global network.

About the Team

The Structured Credit Middle Office (SCMO) works directly with the Structured Credit & Funding, ABS Solutions, Hybrids and Portfolio Restructuring trading desks. The team interacts daily with a wide range of internal functions, including Trading, Structuring, Sales, Operations, Product Control, Model Validation, Quantitative Analytics and Risk Management.

The business trades a full suite of structured products, including credit-linked notes (CLNs), structured financing repos and loans, and other credit derivatives, together with the associated hedges (bonds, CDS, credit indices, futures and swaps).

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Trade Management and Lifecycle

Review Front Office trade bookings against term sheets and trade blotters to make sure they are accurate and complete.

Develop a thorough understanding of exotic product booking processes, valuation models and how they interact downstream with confirmation and settlement systems.

Manage the full trade lifecycle, including call events and triggers, structured note issuance and complex cashflow management.

Work closely with support functions (documentation, settlements, valuations, collateral management and reconciliations) to provide end-to-end operational support to the Front Office.

P&L and Reporting

Produce the T0 P&L flash, including risk-based P&L attribution and clear commentary.

Prepare and review daily trading activity reports for the desks and senior stakeholders.

Controls and Governance

Design and maintain controls and governance frameworks suited to the bespoke nature of the structured business.

Identify and close control gaps proactively and escape issues promptly and clearly.

Stakeholders and Change

Build strong working relationships with senior traders, offshore teams, business managers, Regulatory Reporting, Risk Management and other stakeholders.

Look for ways to improve processes and systems and coordinate across departments and regions to deliver enhancements

Skills and Experience

Hands on experience with SPVs, repackaging and structured notes.

Experience of T+1 trade validation against trade recaps, current market pricing and other independent sources.

Lifecycle management experience across repos (including structured repos), CLNs, CLOs and SPVs.

The ability to manage a high volume of bespoke queries and to understand where in the trade lifecycle these issues originate.

Good knowledge of exotic derivative products, including booking and documentation.

Sound understanding of the controls required throughout the trade lifecycle.

A control mindset and a good understanding of operational risk.

Strong numerical, analytical and critical-thinking skills.

Organised and self-directed, taking ownership of their own time and responsibilities.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Preferred

• A keen interest in AI tools, ideally with examples of using them to improve processes or productivity.

How We Work:

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire.

This is an initial 6 month Fixed Term Contract located in London with hybrid working. For this role a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.

Expectations regarding hybrid working:

As we are a Service Provider and Consulting firm servicing clients, our policy for physically working from the office (which may be the clients’ offices or our own offices depending on the client) aligns to what our clients’ policies and expectations are and these vary. Most of our clients now require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, and accordingly this is also the minimum expectation that Delta Capita require. However, some of our clients have now moved up to 4 days and even 5 days in the office and we require candidates to be flexible to meet our client demands.

Who We Are:

Delta Capita Group is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualised services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.

Our 3 offerings are:

Managed Services

Consulting & Solutions

Technology

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