Experienced derivatives executive
Resume:
Rabia Shah
*****.*****@*****.***
* ******* *****, * ****** Avenue, London HA7 3JT
Personal Statement
I am a hard working individual who strives for perfection and is committed to any given
responsibilities and deadlines. I have abilities which enable me to perform to a high level
of standard and complete any task given to me. I am loyal and always willing to learn. I
am a warm and honest person and am always willing to help others.
Personal Skills
• I am punctual, reliable and deal very well under pressure.
• I always see things through and have good organisational skills.
• I always like to establish good communication links and build rapports.
• I have problem-solving abilities which enable me to apply any theories I am able
to conjure up related to the specific problem.
• I am flexible and take things head on.
Career
(26th July 2010- June 2013) Full Time
Back Office Analyst: Lucidus Capital Partners LLP, London
Responsibilities:
Daily cash management of EUR & USD- SSI set up (upon new requests), cash
movements and trade proceed settlement.
Collateral balance reconciliations & processing manual cash entry payments.
Reconciliation of trades, positions and cash across all products and PB accounts-
DVP, CDS, Equity, futures and options.
Corporate and Government bond clearing and settlement- DTC & Euroclear:
reconciling breaks, liaising with brokers and PB.
Equity deliveries- monitoring prompt settlement vs. cash though our PB.
Futures intraday monitoring and account reconciliations. Conducting price, position
and balance checks.
CDS & Swaption clearing and settlement- electronic: DTCC/ICE.
Novation reconciliations and monitoring- constant liaison with brokers.
Monthly fund administration NAV reconciliation.
Check Markit to ensure correct security static and set up. (ISINs RED codes).
Habitual liaison with prime brokers and external brokers.
Preconfirming CDS cash flows & DVP proceeds.
Producing counterparty exposure reports on a daily basis.
Monitoring fails across products.
ICE clearing initiative with JPM & MS
File upload formatting
T-Bill trade settlement and booking into clearing system
Collateral settlement and reconciliation
Swaption trade uploads and confirmation/settlement
Producing exposure reports for risk & CRO
Achievements:
Increased knowledge and exposure of different products and strategies
Successfully contributed towards projects
Successfully created applications through own ideas (trade importer, swaption
uploader, margin wire uploader etc)- Creation of Excel applications for trade
bookings.
Increased knowledge of market trends and analysis
Built rapports with MO & FO and other departments
Developed relationships with Brokers and Prime Brokers
Exposure to new systems
Testing of C=C MarkitSERV initiative .
Project work- system migration from Murex to Insight & MTM to ICE.
Problem solving, example of Tradar fixes/previous marketSERV platform.
(1st September 2009- July 2010) Full Time
Director/Metals Analyst: Unifico Holdings Ltd, London
Responsibilities:
Delegating spot and forward copper/Gold contracts- constructing contracts based on
client requirements i.e. 3months
Analyzing hedging instruments and delegating GLN products- mechanisms to secure
investment and minimize losses during climate change
Pricing adjustments- according to current market prices and company profit strategies
Analysing market data- trends and forecasting
Daily reporting
Contract template adjustments according to U.S./European standards
Client liaison- dealing with portfolios and creating new contacts for future placements
or subscriptions
Time zone coverage- Europe/U.S.
Achievements:
Market exposure to base and precious metals
Applying market theory to practice
Knowledge of FX and Commodity correlation
Analysing and forecasting future trends linked to relative commodities
Ability to execute deals
Promote and market hedging instruments
Knowledge of commodities and market risk factors
(22nd August 2007- 21st August 2009) Full Time
Credit Derivatives Analyst: HSBC – Canary Wharf, London
Responsibilities:
Backloading
Client portfolio managing
Trade execution: Calypso, DTCC (version 8/8.1), Vanilla, Creditex, ICE,
Compression and UAT testing/problem-solving, script and STP messaging analysis
Reporting- MTM, high risk outstanding vanilla trades
Project work: STP system integration and trade feed
Liaison with MO/FO for trade amendments and for compression files, UAT
coordination etc.
Contributing towards construction of Calypso tools and script/STP messages
Monitoring BO messages and obtaining paper confirmations
Amending static and mapping static amendments as per Markit
Addressing incoming queries and investigating trade discrepancies
Credit Event processing- Adherence in DTCC and manual paper Notices
Monitoring partial terminations, full terminations, cancellations, novations etc both
electronically and via paper.
Monitoring trade event fees i.e. Upfront fees, premiums, termination and novation
fees
Correctly processing index trades- correct RED codes, baskets, fees, static as per
Markit
Monitoring revaluation of notional values on Index trades and following credit events
Validation rights in DTCC enabling manual uploads and amendments.
Achievements:
Knowledge of CDS product and exposure to other products
Full ability to execute day-to-day tasks
Problem-solving methods
Personal development in different situations and under pressure
Contribution toward projects and helping to accomplish live dates
“Voice of HSBC” Derivatives hotline number recording: 020********
Completion of FSA exams (Regulations and Securities) granting status of FSA
approved.
Attendance of ISDA courses for Credit Derivatives- exposure to drafting documents
and templates
Exposure to Structured trades, i.e TRS, Bespoked and ABS
Knowledge of fees/payments/coupons/economic details and knowledge behind
economics and structure of CDS trade i.e. ISINs, curves, roll dates etc.
Creation and testing of SNAC/SEC templates for STP DTCC feed.
(2004-2006) Part Time (June-Sept)
Trader’s Assistant: Unifico Group – Munich, Germany
Responsibilities:
Day-to-day reporting
Trends and market analysis
Strategic pricing determination
Shadowing traders
Achievements:
Learning how to adapt to future trends
Analysing market data
Exposure to pricing mechanisms
Exposure to different market areas
Education History
SII, London (2009):
FSA- Securities: Pass
FSA- Regulation: Pass
SII, London (2008)
Unit 1 IAQ: Pass
University of Westminster, (2004-2007)
BA Combined Hons: Economics (major) Political Science: 2:1
Brookes College, Hendon (2003-2004)
A2 Levels: English Literature, French, Economics: B,B,C
Mount School, Mill Hill, (1994-2003)
AS Levels: English Literature, French, Economics, Psychology
GCSEs: English Literature, English Language, Maths, Double Science,
French, R.E, Latin
Application skills: Calypso, DTCC, ICE, MarkIT, Murex, Insight, Microsoft Office,
MTM, SQL & XML script.
Personal Interests
My interests are: music, reading books, traveling and discovering new things. I like to eat
out, socialise and explore new places. I trade on global markets, commodities and
currencies.
Languages: English, French, Urdu
References: Available on request.
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