Remote Treasury Clearing Attorney: CCP & Margin Expert

Axiom; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 105,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Axiom is seeking a Treasury Clearing Attorney to support U.S. Treasury clearing initiatives with a focus on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions.

You will ensure readiness for compliance with the SEC’s clearing mandate and collaborate with legal, business, and credit risk teams. The role involves updating templates, analyzing regulations and netting opinions, and aligning margins, collateral, and default provisions within CCP

Qualifications

• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clearing, repo, or related markets documentation.
• Strong understanding of repurchase transactions and Treasury clearing.
• Knowledge of margin, collateral, and netting mechanics.
• Experience reviewing regulations and netting opinions.
• Ability to work effectively with legal, business, credit risk, and operational stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions.
• Support preparation for compliance with the SEC’s U.S. Treasury clearing mandate.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure compliance with legal, business, and credit risk controls, guidelines, and procedures.
• Update agreement templates and tailor industry forms for use in client negotiations.
• Review and analyze applicable regulations and netting opinions.
• Support Treasury and repo documentation within CCP frameworks.
• Help align margin, collateral, netting, and default provisions with operational requirements.

Skills

Clearing agreements

Negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor

Job description

Axiom is seeking a Treasury Clearing Attorney to support U.S. Treasury clearing initiatives with a focus on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions.

You will ensure readiness for compliance with the SEC’s clearing mandate and collaborate with legal, business, and credit risk teams. The role involves updating templates, analyzing regulations and netting opinions, and aligning margins, collateral, and default provisions within CCP