Repo Collateral Management- Vice President
About The Position
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group with a 400-year history, headquartered in Tokyo. It offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance, operating with over 130 offices and 80,000 employees in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company, trading on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges. In the Americas, SMBC Group has a significant presence across multiple countries, providing commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients, leveraging its global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. The Repo Collateral Management - Vice President leads the firm’s collateral management function for repurchase agreements, driving strategic initiatives while ensuring regulatory compliance. This role involves overseeing the team responsible for daily collateral operations, risk controls, and technology enhancements, working closely with Trading, Risk, Treasury, and Legal to support the firm’s financing and liquidity objectives.
Requirements
- 8+ years in repo collateral management or related financing roles, with leadership experience.
- Bachelor’s degree: Finance, Economics, Business, or related field.
- Experience in large financial institutions, investment banks, or asset managers.
- Global collateral management experience.
- Deep knowledge of repo markets, collateral types, financing structures, and tri-party platforms.
- Extensive experience with collateral management systems, clearing platforms, and regulatory frameworks.
- Strong understanding of margining, haircuts, eligibility rules, and settlement processes.
- Excellent verbal and communication skills, capable of influencing senior stakeholders.
- Ability to manage complex relationships with internal and external partners.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Excellent analytical skills with an eye for detail and exceptional time management skills.
- Adept at working and effectively collaborating with clients, operations, and technology teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills to deal with complexity and respond quickly to uncertainty.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects and driving change.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Knowledge of securities lending and financing desks.
- Familiarity with emerging regulations and market trends affecting collateral management.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily collateral margin calls, substitutions, and settlement for bilateral, tri-party and Sponsored Repo.
- Lead and help develop the Repo Collateral Management Team, setting goals, priorities and performance standards.
- Drive strategic initiatives to enhance collateral optimization, funding efficiency, and operational resilience.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Treasury, Trading, Risk, Legal, and Technology to align collateral strategies with firm-wide objectives.
- Ensure robust controls and timely resolution of breaks, discrepancies, and settlement issues.
- Escalate discrepancies appropriately to the relevant internal and/or external parties.
- Assist in ad-hoc requests related to management and investigations of operational issues.
- Assist in monitoring process gaps and make recommendations on technological changes.
- Participation in projects & planning related to industry initiatives and operational efficiencies.
- Ensure collateral management practices comply with regulatory requirements (e.g., SFTR, Basel III/IV, SEC rules).
- Oversee risk relating to collateral concentration, haircuts, margin requirements, and counterparty exposure.
- Act as a liaison with external counterparties, custodians, clearing banks, and regulators.
- Communicate collateral risks and performance to senior management.
- Support new product launches and business initiatives requiring collateral expertise.
- Partner with Technology and Operations teams to enhance collateral management system capabilities.
Benefits
- annual discretionary incentive award
- competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
