Job Description
Job Purpose
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) is a Fortune 500 company that operates a leading network of global futures, equity and equity options exchanges, as well as global clearing and data services across financial and commodity markets.
By putting the needs of our customers and global participants first, we are a high-growth company that started by bringing transparency and risk management to the global derivatives markets. We're engineers, strategists and problem-solvers who continually create and improve technology that solves market structure challenges on behalf of the industry.
Treasury is a department in a systemically important organization; the team is responsible for managing the collateral and liquidity position in the Clearing House including:
* Managing investments of ICEU capital and cash collateral from Clearing Members
* Managing the Clearing House liquidity profile and liquidity stress testing framework
* Coordination with Clearing Members, commercial banks, investment managers, custodians and regulators
* Managing all member payments and receipts, and all bank accounts
* Ensuring all collateral reconciliation and reporting analyses are performed on a daily basis
* Liaising with other departments including Operations, Risk, Finance, and Technology
* Working with Product Managers and Business Analysts to build new capabilities, streamline and automate processes and enhance reporting
* Ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and procedures
Treasury team covers multiple currencies and markets, and this role will be coordinated around UK market timings. The role incorporates both daily routine risk management and operational processes, strategic product development and project work and regulatory submissions.
ICE Clear Europe staff demonstrate a high level of integrity and professionalism throughout their work and lead by example to create a collaborative and supportive culture.
The candidate should be able to learn and understand processes quickly, identify improvements, collaboratively develop and clearly communicate proposals and then implement solutions in order to solve problems and enhance the performance of the department. Specific personal characteristics will include a strong desire to deliver results in a dynamic and forward-looking environment and an eagerness to continuously develop through working as part of the Treasury team and self-initiated learning.
Responsibilities
* Monitor the full life-cycle of collateral through the Clearing House, assisting with the placement of cash into high quality, low risk investments across multiple currencies
* Monitor market conditions across currencies to ensure safety of principal and liquidity
* Provide support to our Clearing Members and respond to queries
* Identify opportunities for business process improvements by reviewing existing Treasury processes and procedures
* Work on strategic projects in collaboration with Business Analysts to document requirements and deliver enhancements
* Understand the broad macro and regulatory environment in UK, EU and US to help internal as well as external partners Complete periodic tasks in areas such as audit, finance, onboarding, and reporting
* Assist with project management of a large body of tactical and strategic projects
* Work on improving Treasury related analytics and reporting built in Tableau
Knowledge and Experience
* 1+ years' experience in Finance
* Degree in a Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics or Engineering
* Organized and motivated with excellent attention to detail
* Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to multi-task and operate effectively under tight deadlines
* Strong quantitative and analytical skills
* Reliability, flexibility and high work ethic
* Experience with SQL or Tableau for data analysis and reporting
* Proficient in all MS applications, high level of experience with Excel
* Basic understanding in Clearing, Derivatives, Bond Markets Commodities and FX
* Strong project management skills
* Familiar with Financial Market Infrastructure including payments and SWIFT, collateral settlements and clearing