Vice President, Credit Trading, Financial Markets - North America

Lloyds Banking Group

  • New York City, NY
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 23 days ago
Lloyds Overview:Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, plc (“LBCM”) forms an integral part of Lloyds Banking Group, a UK-focused retail and commercial bank with more than 30 million customers globally. We have been operating in North America for over 100 years, providing a client-focused approach for global businesses with strong links to the UK. Our New York operations provides a gateway between the UK and North America for financial institutions and large corporate clients, offering core banking products such as lending, trade finance and a range of debt capital and financial markets services through our US broker dealer, Lloyds Securities Inc.Lloyds Bank is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best talent in the industry and embracing the diversity of our people. We offer our colleagues ongoing training, development, mentoring and networking opportunities, as well as competitive benefits and vacation leave. We are dedicated to working with our community and offer a range of volunteering and fundraising activities throughout the year.Diversity and inclusion are a part of who we are at Lloyds Bank. Lloyds North America strives to create a culture where every individual feels included, and empowered to be their best. Providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other class protected by applicable law.Lloyds values diversity in all backgrounds and experiences and wants their employees to bring their “whole self” to work!Reasonable Accommodations for Qualified Individuals with Disabilities During the Application Process
Lloyds North America is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process, please contact our Human Resources Dept at:Role Overview:The VP role in Credit Trading of LSI will be responsible for LSI’s secondary market marking activities with institutional investors and other broker-dealers, particularly with respect to securities issued by LBG and its affiliates, including its ABCP conduit vehicles, and/or underwritten by LSI, by ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The activities include providing pricing support to LBG and customer debt issuance in the primary and secondary market; working with the market and coordinating with U.K. Sales and other U.K. partners; and identifying, along with affiliates, market opportunities in the funding market.Responsibilities
  • Ensuring that market making activities remain within limits for market and counterparty risk at all times;
  • Ensuring familiarity with LSI products and capabilities as well as LSI’s Written Supervisory and Compliance Procedures;
  • Leading and developing business relationships with market contacts to support secondary pricing requests and help redistribute risk;
  • Reviewing changes in investor attitudes; identifying suitable solutions; and maintaining relationships efficiently;
  • Coordinating with sales and operations to ensure transactions are settled in a timely and efficient manner;
  • Sharing information/coordinating with the U.K. Credit Trading teams, where appropriate;
  • Supervising market events and current affairs and thoroughly understanding the workings and technicalities of all debt instruments that LBG or its customers are involved with;
  • Responsible for knowing, understanding, and aligning with all Bank and governmental rules and regulations that apply to their job (details of such rules and regulations can be obtained from the employee’s supervisor and/or Local Compliance Dept) and for reporting to the Chief Risk Officer or to the Head of Compliance any non-compliance with Lloyds Banking Group or governmental rules or regulations that may come to the employee’s attention in the course of their employment;
  • Working closely in tandem with Credit Sales/Syndicate desks to develop and enhance current existing client relationships as well as developing new ones;
  • Providing daily market commentary and relative value points across corporate investment grade products focusing on banks/financials, autos, and industrials.
QualificationsEducation and experience required:
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
  • Series 7 and Series 63 licenses (or to be acquired upon employment)
Prior experience as a Trader/Credit Analyst preferredTechnical Skills Required:
  • Highly developed ability to handle and complete basic credit trades and other fixed income products across various asset classes
  • Solid understanding of Bloomberg bond pricing, ION and MktAxx required
  • Familiarity with market standard technology and relevant Bank systems
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with higher level skills in Excel and PowerPoint
  • Ability to dynamically re-prioritise workflow and run multiple processes simultaneously
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills such as communicating technical ideas to end users with various backgrounds and degrees of experience / sophistication
Key skills and knowledge required:
  • Ability to proactively handle tasks and issues
  • Adapting to Change and Uncertainty
  • Ability to analyse issues and identify improvements and efficiencies
  • Strong work ethic and detail orientation
  • Broad knowledge of Markets North America, its functions and processes
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Strong skills in various Office products (Excel, Visio, etc.)
Salary Range: $170,000 – $210,000

Lloyds Banking Group