Company Overview

Markit is a financial information services company with more than 1,100 employees in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Over 1,500 financial institutions use our independent services to manage risk, improve operational efficiency and meet regulatory requirements.

Markit was founded in 2001 as the first independent source of credit derivative pricing. Today, our data, valuations and trade processing services are regarded as the market standard in the global financial markets.

Our clients include investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, rating agencies and insurance companies. We provide them with round-the-clock support from our offices in London, New York, Dallas, White Plains, Toronto, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.

Markit was the fastest growing private company in the UK in 2008 (Source: 2008 Real Business/LDC Hot 100.)

Department Overview

Markit Valuations Manager has been developed to simplify the collection of counterparty position data and valuations. Instead of visiting multiple FTP sites and rationalising many different file formats, the client will access daily/weekly/monthly valuation statements on-line or via a download from Markit. Markit has agreed a single set of standards with the participating banks and will act as the delivery channel for timelier, more complete and standardised counterparty valuation data.

This exciting new initiative from Markit has been carefully planned so that OTC and cash position data can be more readily accessed and quickly processed during the short time window available for NAV calculation. A time consuming manual or semi-manual process is being eliminated and the client will benefit from:

Cost reductions

Removal of operational risk

Efficient price challenge tools

Operational efficiencies

Faster turnaround

Automated audit trail and history

Markit Valuations Manager also provides integrated workflow tools to enable the client to monitor the information flow and dispute a mark on-line if required. The service holds comprehensive audit trails and history for valuations and any associated disputes.

Position summary

Due to an exciting new initiative, the Markit Valuations Manager team has several new job opportunities.

This position offers a unique opportunity for the right candidate to join a new initiative in its initial stages, be a key contributor during its build out phase, and manage/support clients once it is established. The applicant should have drive, a can-do attitude, and an ability to juggle a wide variety of responsibilities in a fast-moving environment.

Duties & accountabilities

Responsibility for onboarding of key client accounts

Build up operational processes and procedures for the new valuations manager product, including scalable support and escalation procedures to accommodate rapid growth in client base whilst maintaining SLAs

Oversight of the process of transferring valuations information from partner banks to Markit Valuations manager - this is a new product so this responsibility involves helping build out a new process, as well as taking ongoing responsibility for it

Contribute to the bank onboarding process

Proactively identify and deliver improvements to process and system enhancements

Partner closely with other regional operations teams, Port Rec client onboarding team, Development, QA and Sales

Business Competencies
 
Education and experience

Graduate or equivalent in finance or numerical discipline is preferred

Experience in operations and/or client valuations/collateral within an investment bank 

Client services/ relationship management experience in a corporate environment an advantage

Commercial Awareness

Excellent knowledge of financial markets, OTC derivatives and securities

Personal competencies

Personal impact
 
Service driven with a stong customer orientation 

Self starter able to work independently and take ownership

Strong work ethic, exceptional energy and drive

Delivery focused

Flexible and able to adapt to changing situations, with strong problem solving skills

Ability to work under pressure and to strict daily deadlines

Communication
 
Able to communicate effectively across all levels with clients, internal partners and senior management

Teamwork
 
Able to work effectively as part of a global team, and partner closely with other regional operations teams, technology teams, QA and sales teams

Due to the high volume of applications we receive for each of our roles we are unable to respond on an individual basis. If you have not received a response within 2 weeks of having submitted your details, it is likely that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Please state in your covering letter that you are eligible to work in the location that we are seeking to make this appointment. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

We kindly and respectfully request agencies not to submit applications.