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JOB TITLE: Analyst, Markets Middle Office

SALARY: £60,066 - £66,740

LOCATION: London

HOURS: Full-Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About This Opportunity

The Analyst will work as part of our Markets Middle Office team providing specialist technical, analytical, advisory and transactional management support to our key partners including Corporate & Institutional Banking, Business & Commercial Banking and Group Corporate Treasury across a variety of sophisticated market products with significant portfolio values.

In addition to being able to work within critical timelines, you'll employ strong and articulate communication skills to relay key messages where risks and issues need to be clearly understood and where appropriate decision-making drives risk management activity.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assist in the resolution of all client queries that have arisen from an action undertaken by Market Ops, undertaking root cause analysis arising from client issues, develop and deliver actions plans to drive continuous improvement.

• Support a sustainable, cost-effective target operating model to support business needs, adapting as the business model evolves.

• Contribute to and develop existing business relationships with partners through the provision of performance measurements and partner engagement.

• Build and maintain procedures and interpret and apply policy for Markets Middle Office to achieve specified outputs, or advise the wider business on application of policy, then monitor implementation of those procedures within the organisation.

• Support the wide range of activities of Middle Office teams ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements by collaborating closely with all internal risk management functions while supporting the development and implementation of the organisation's compliance policy.

• Ensure adherence with Group policy, procedures and guidelines, quality standards and all regulatory and statutory requirements.

• Measure and report critical metrics. Engage with industry developments appropriate to business area and the wider market and understand how the external environment, including the regulatory landscape will inspire change within Markets & Lending Delivery

• Assist key partners with programme objectives, ensuring confidence in delivered solutions, ensuring they are market leading and support the implementation of change when required.

• Provide appropriate support and insight into the Financial Markets and Capital Markets products supporting partners in delivering appropriate solutions for clients looking to issue into these markets utilising Markets knowledge and expertise.

• Ensure information is continually communicated and where necessary, problems are brought up to Management in a timely and efficient manner.

• Be forward thinking and take ownership in supporting new processing models that include digital solutions, keeping pace with an evolving external digital and regulatory landscape.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What You’ll Need

• An understanding of Financial and Capital Markets products and end to end system infrastructures including Primary and Secondary markets. Bonds, Corporate actions, FX, Rates could be included with these products.

• Knowledge of XVA, CVA would be ideal but not essential.

• Technical knowledge of the business to meet all business needs. Ability to translate complex business requirements into a clear effective delivery.

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and across different audiences.

• Ability to deliver in a complex, multi-dimensional, client facing and fast moving Financial and Capital Markets environment.

• In depth knowledge of policy, procedures and the global regulatory and statutory requirements.

• Excellent partner, organisational and time management skills. Ability to engage with senior partners at third parties (including other industry participants, trade bodies) and suppliers, always looking for the best result for LBG, whilst ensuring relationships are not compromised, and working in a professional and empathetic manner.

• Demonstrate excellent knowledge of the following products: Bonds including Primary issuance / MMI / MTNs / Derivatives / Structured Products / MM / FX / Rates

About Working For Us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.