Director and Regional Head - Advisory and Contract Execution (APAC)

TD Bank Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Securities is seeking an experienced attorney to provide transactional advisory and negotiate global capital markets agreements for trading products across the APAC region.

The role requires a law degree and 10+ years of trading documentation experience in APAC, with strong communication and risk-management capabilities. You will collaborate with internal teams across Credit, Legal, and Operations to protect the Bank while meeting tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently while collaborating with team.
• Ability to handle tight deadlines and manage multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advisory and negotiate global capital markets agreements across trading products.
• Ensure regulatory alignment and risk protection in ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs, and related docs.
• Lead discussions with clients, internal stakeholders and external counsel on negotiations.
• Provide guidance on trading documentation to local desks across the APAC region.
• Monitor APAC regulatory requirements for OTC derivatives and communicate effectively.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Law degree

Job description

Work Location: Singapore, Singapore Hours: 40 Line of Business: TD Securities Pay Details: We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview: The Advisory and Contract Execution ("ACE") Team is an integral part of TD Securities. ACE is a client facing team responsible for advisory services across trading desks and clients through capital markets deal origination including execution of regulatory and legal trading agreement requirements globally. This team maximizes revenue generation, ensures alignment with TD’s risk appetite, and delivers a client-centric experience. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing team with high internal visibility at the senior executive level.

The position will be responsible for providing best-of-class service to clients of TD Securities predominantly in APAC region and internal business partners by preparing and negotiating capital markets legal agreements with global counterparties for trading products such as derivatives, foreign exchange and fixed income products, i.e., ISDA Master Agreements, collateral documentation, sec. lending and repo agreements. The position must ensure that the Bank is sufficiently protected from legal, risk, and operational perspectives in all such trading documents and other legal documentation between the Bank and its counterparties. The position will be required to build and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders across the Bank and be available to service the deal flow with tight deadlines from global desks.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Ensure delivery of transactional advisory and negotiation of global capital markets agreements across specific trading products, while aligning with internal risk, legal, regulatory and governance frameworks.
• Be responsible for regulations in the APAC region.
• Ensure that the Bank is adequately protected in all of its dealings by preparing and negotiating trading documents, including ISDA Master Agreements & CSAs, related credit support documentation, GMRAs, GMSLAs and other legal documentation between the Bank and its counterparties.
• Lead or participate in internal calls with stakeholders, as well as calls with clients and external legal counsel, to discuss issues that arise during negotiations of trading agreements.
• Provide advice and guidance on trading documentation to local desks and stakeholders in the region and provide client centric solutions to issues that arise.
• Understand the current state of legislation, regulation, and guidance with respect to OTC derivative transactions in the APAC region (for example Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Australia).
• Assist in communicating OTC derivative regulatory requirements to clients and their legal representatives in a business-friendly manner in order to finalize regulatory documentation.
• Ensure support and guidance is provided to trading desks in a timely manner across several time zones including Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Liaise and coordinate with internal stakeholders, such as Credit, Business, Tax, Legal, Operations, Portfolio Valuation Group and Collateral Management, during the documentation negotiation process.
• Provide timely updates to the Business on the status of negotiations, whether via weekly calls or through the team's internal document tracking system.

Job Requirements:

• Law degree is required.
• Minimum 10 years of solid trading documentation experience in the APAC region.
• Understanding of APAC regulations is preferred, such as Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, and other G20 regulations in derivatives in the region.
• The candidate for this position will enjoy working on documentation, be able to effectively apply legal and sound regulatory risk management principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while understanding when to involve other team members as needed and to work effectively in a team environment.
• High degree of integrity and strong work ethic.
• Timely follow through on commitments.
• Promote best practices within department and execute assigned duties and enhance control over procedures.
• The candidate should be able to work under tight deadlines and have the flexibility to support global time zones as required.
• Demonstrated management skills and commitment to delivering results within aggressive timelines.

Who We Are

TD Securities is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

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Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage, paid time off, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information

We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact. We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process

We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment / interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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