Global Contract Service Macro-Distribution Senior Negotiator

Barclays Capital; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays Capital in Whippany, NJ seeks an experienced Global Contract Service Macro-Distribution Senior Negotiator to join its derivatives master agreement negotiation team. You will draft, negotiate, and execute master and collateral agreements and ancillary documentation, primarily ISDA related.

The role involves coordinating across Rates, FX, Credit, Latam and Risk Solutions Group for corporate and private equity clients, contributing to risk management and governance.

Qualifications

• Oversee compliance of Transaction Services and Documentation with applicable laws.
• Coordinate with legal counsel, credit risk management and other departments.
• Draft, review and manage loan agreements, security documents and other transactional documents.
• Provide transaction support including due diligence and summaries.
• Develop and implement standard transaction processes and controls.
• Provide proactive legal advice on laws and regulations (LRRs) and update policies accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Oversee that transaction activities comply with laws/regulations.
• Coordinate with internal/external stakeholders for timely execution.
• Draft and negotiate master and collateral agreements and ancillary documentation.
• Support risk management and governance initiatives.

Job description

Purpose of the role

To oversee and manage transactional processes, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and maintaining accurate documentation for financial transactions.

Accountabilities

• To ensure that the Transaction Services and Documentation activities are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with these activities.
• Coordination with internal and external stakeholders, including legal counsel, credit risk management, and other departments, to ensure that transactions are executed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Creation, review, negotiation and management of legal documents such as loan agreements, security documents, and other transactional documents, to ensure execution in a timely and efficient manner.
• Transaction support, including preparation of transaction summaries, conducting due diligence, and support to other departments as needed.
• Development and implementation of transaction processes and procedures to ensure that transactions are executed consistently.
• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Vice President Expectations

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and expand breaches of policies/procedures.. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.. OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.

We are looking for an experienced Global Contract Service Macro-Distribution Senior Negotiator to join our derivatives master agreement negotiation team to support the Barclays Markets Business across Rates, FX, Credit, Latam and Risk Solutions Group, predominantly for corporate and private equity clients. In this role, you will be drafting, negotiating, and executing master and collateral agreements and ancillary documentation (primarily for ISDA