Treasury Middle Office Department-Financial Market Documentation AVP

Bank of China Limited, New York Branch; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of China Limited, New York Branch is seeking a qualified attorney with strong global markets experience to draft, review, and maintain complex ISDA-related agreements, and monitor regulatory developments affecting the desk.

The candidate will liaise with Head Office, provide training, monitor compliance programs, and support credit risk and regulatory change processes. NY bar and bilingual English/Chinese are highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of legal-related experience in global markets (ISDA, derivatives, bond compliance) required.
• 3+ years of regulator and law firm liaison experience preferred; 1+ year in financial markets preferred.
• NY State Bar Examination is preferred.
• Knowledge of global markets products and related risk management; familiarity with regulatory requirements.
• Fluency in English and Chinese preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate global markets agreements (ISDA, VM CSA, GRMA) and coordinate with Legal Office and external counsel.
• Draft and update templates for the above agreements.
• Provide training to teams on global markets agreements and related issues.
• Liaise with Head Office and assist in negotiating agreements as needed.
• Establish and maintain policies to manage compliance risk in global markets.
• Monitor and enforce compliance programs and communicate with second line.
• Develop and implement credit risk control policies and monitor client risk.
• Track regulatory changes and prepare assessment reports.

Skills

Legal research

Document review

Regulatory liaison

Bilingual English/Chinese

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law or related field

Master’s degree or higher

Job description

Introduction

Established in 1912, Bank of China is one of the largest banks in the world, with over $3 trillion in assets and a footprint that spans more than 60 countries and regions. Our long-term outlook, institutional weight and global breadth provide our clients with a stable and reliable financial partner, whether in Corporate or Personal Banking or our Trade Services, Commodities, Financial Institutions and Global Markets lines of business.

Overview

The incumbent will assist in drafting, reviewing, and maintaining global markets related legal agreements; keeping track of related regulatory developments and evaluating their impacts; putting forth implementation plans; preparing related analysis reports to the management and Head Office; monitoring credit risk events and developing courses of actions to manage the credit risk proactively.

Responsibilities

Include but are not limited to:

Global Markets Agreements

• Draft and negotiate global markets business related agreements, including ISDA, VM CSA, GRMA and etc., and partner with Legal Office and external counsel on finalizing the agreements.
• Draft and update the templates for the up mentioned agreements.
• Provide coaching and training to other team members or other departments on the up mentioned agreements and related issues.
• Liaise with Head Office with regards to related agreements, and assist Head Office and other branches in negotiating related global markets agreements if requested.

Compliance and Documentation

• Establish and adopt policies, procedures, and standards of conduct that proactively manage the compliance risk of the global markets business.
• Oversee, monitor, and enforce the above-mentioned compliance programs, and assess the effectiveness during their enforcement; make necessary changes if required.
• Provide training and education to team members on the above-mentioned compliance programs.
• Promptly communicating with the second line regarding questions and issues in the workplace.
• Maintain proper and adequate documentation regarding the compliance work.

Credit Risk Control

• Assist in development and implementation of policies and procedures that proactively manage the credit risk of the global markets business.
• Monitor clients’ credit risk by collecting market movements, and communicating with CRDs regularly and upon learning potential risk events.
• Track and analyze CRC reports to evaluate the effectiveness of current credit risk control measures.
• Keep records of the credit terms in ISDA agreements and provide support to traders in case of clients’ default.

Regulatory Change Monitoring

• Keep track of regulatory changes and provide assessment reports.
• Monitor market practice changes by collecting market movements and facilitate analytical and ad-hoc report on market conditions / events in order to support strategic decision making.
• Communicate with stakeholders (e.g. Fed, OCC, ISDA, CFTC, SEC) to obtain policymaking insights.

• Acting as the department's regulatory change coordinator, providing timely responses to the LCD as requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Law-related majors and with minor in Finance or Economics. Master’s degree or above is highly preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of legal-related experience in global market business, like ISDA agreement, derivative/bond business compliance is required.
• 3 years or above regulator and law firms’ liaison experience is preferred; 1 year or above financial market business related experience is preferred.
• Candidates who have passed the NY State Bar Examination are preferred.
• Knowledge of global markets products and related risk management; prudential regulators’ regulatory requirements relating to global markets business is required.
• Document review, legal research and case analysis skills are required.
• Bilingual abilities in English and Chinese are highly preferred.

Pay Range

Actual salary is commensurate with candidate’s relevant years of experience, skillset, education and other qualifications.

USD $65,000.00 - USD $150,000.00 /Yr.