Intermediate Collateral Management Analyst

Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100/500/1000 companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe.

We currently have permanent role as a Intermediate Collateral Management Analyst with our large consulting client on a long term project with a major financial services client in the downtown Montreal area.

Role: Intermediate Collateral Management Analyst

Type: Fulltime, Perm

Location: Hybrid - Downtown Montreal, QC -(roles starts off 5 days in office for 1st 3 months, then turns into hybrid setup 3 days onsite, 2 days from home)

Salary: $70,000 - $75,000 + 9% bonus + 3-4 weeks paid vacation + RRSP contribution + benefits + sick/personal days

Position Overview

• Deliver day-to-day operational services to client's Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS) business lines, supporting their transformation through agile, industrialized, and technology-driven approaches.
• Ensure operational processing and control of activities across Capital Markets, Financing, and ex-Newedge business lines.
• Perform operational, administrative, and financial processing of capital markets and credit operations.
• Ensure control and security of transaction processing in compliance with current financial regulations and act as first level of control on operations and booking quality.
• Provide full lifecycle transaction support, including Know Your Customer (KYC) processing and general client relationship management.
• Support regulatory projects and oversee external service providers.
• Reduce counterparty risk by negotiating and administering collateral annex provisions for master agreements across derivatives, repo, securities lending, clearing, and prime brokerage.
• Monitor exposure levels versus collateral balances across multiple asset classes including equities, rates, FX, credit, commodities, fixed income, structured, and financing products.
• Instruct margin calls, calculate interest, and process payment/receive orders in accordance with collateral documentation.
• Book collateral movements as agreed with counterparties.
• Interact with Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Audit teams globally.
• Take required actions in the event of counterparty default.
• Select optimal collateral based on contract terms, collateral optimization processes, and defined strategies.
• Raise alerts for unusual client activity and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Attend client meetings to represent collateral activities.
• Manage collateral disputes, including reconciliation of trade and MTM discrepancies, investigation, follow-up, and coordination of remediation plans.
• Ensure all client and internal requests are addressed in a timely manner.
• Write operating procedures and relay daily issues to identify and implement process improvements.
• Champion initiatives to improve client service, process efficiency, controls, and cost savings.
• Assist with and/or train collateral analysts in a global operating environment.

Requirements

• 1–5 years of experience in the financial services industry.
• Strong knowledge of Investment Banking and Capital Markets.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, accounting, and financial analysis skills.
• Ability to assess changing market conditions and their impact on clients.
• Strong attention to detail, numeracy skills, and ability to prioritize work in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to apply procedures and guidelines while assessing risks and opportunities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Professional and mature communication skills when interacting with clients, team members, and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborative working style with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build strong relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance and/or Business.
• Fluency in English and French.

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of collateral management legal documentation including CSAs, MSFTAs, MRAs, securities lending agreements, and clearing agreements.
• Experience across derivatives, repo, securities lending, and financing products.
• Good working knowledge of VERMEG Colline collateral management platform.