AVP, Trade Support
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About the Role
First Abu Dhabi Bank is seeking an AVP for Trade Support to execute daily T0 control responsibilities across FX, OTC, and exchange-traded derivatives. The role involves trade capture, validation, lifecycle management, P&L support, and client onboarding.
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Responsibilities
- Act as T0 Dealer Assist on rotation, triaging requests, assigning items to the right product SME and ensuring SLAs are met
- Validate new trades across IRS, FX options, swaptions, futures, structured notes, exotic options and multi underlying products
- Ensure accurate trade booking in Murex and affirmation via MarkitWire
- Execute rate fixings, option expiries, exercises, coupon processing, barriers, resets, amendments and restructures
- Check intraday and EOD P&L impacts, trade amendments, lifecycle events and valuation changes
- Chase unaffirmed trades, manage paper/PDF confirmations for non MarkitWire products
- Work closely with FO Traders, Structurers, Sales, BO Settlements, IT, Risk, Product Control and Legal
- Support automation, dashboard creation, and workflow enhancements; execute UAT for Murex, Markit Wire, market data changes and automation scripts
Requirements
- 5–8 years' experience in OTC/ETD trade support or derivatives MO
- Strong understanding of Murex, Markit Wire, Bloomberg, risk/P&L flows and lifecycle processing
- Excellent FO communication skills and cross asset product knowledge
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Overview
- The AVP executes daily T0 control responsibilities across FX, OTC and exchange‑traded derivatives, ensuring accurate booking, confirmation, lifecycle management and risk/P&L integrity.
- The role supports the VP in implementing the T0 Common Inbox operating model, acting as a product SME (Rates, FX, Derivatives, CMOD) while maintaining strong FO and MO/BO interaction.
- Supports the onboarding of NTB / Existing sub funds for NBFI and other strategic Clients.
Daily T0 Execution & Inbox Management
- Act as T0 Dealer Assist on rotation (according to desk / demand), triaging requests, assigning items to the right product SME and ensuring SLAs are met.
- Route items using product folders (FX/MM, Structured, Derivatives, Capital Markets, Allocations, Matching Breaks, Client Issues, Regulatory).
- Maintain traceability and follow reply‑all discipline.
Trade Capture & Validation & Client onboarding
- Validate new trades across IRS, FX options, swaptions, futures, structured notes, exotic options and multi‑underlying products.
- Ensure accurate trade booking in Murex and affirmation via MarkitWire.
- Fix trade discrepancies, mismatches and booking errors before EOD.
- Murex Set up of Client onboarding / co ordinator across Credit/ KYC/ Reference date / Documentation
Lifecycle Management
- Execute rate fixings, option expiries, exercises, coupon processing, barriers, resets, amendments and restructures.
- Process physical and cash settlements, including moneyness checks for FX options, swaptions and other derivative payoffs.
- Support collateral teams by validating valuations and resolving disputes.
P&L and Risk Support
- Check intraday and EOD P&L impacts, trade amendments, lifecycle events and valuation changes.
- Validate Greeks and risk changes using tools such as Risk Viewer, Opal/Brisk and Bloomberg.
- Reconcile delta, decay, market data changes and portfolio movements.
Confirmations, Clearing & Regulatory Controls
- Chase unaffirmed trades, manage paper/PDF confirmations for non‑MarkitWire products.
- Ensure all clearing‑eligible trades are sent to CCPs and resolve rejects.
- Check regulatory completeness (UTI/UPI, LEIs, counterpart details).
Issue Resolution & Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with FO Traders, Structurers, Sales, BO Settlements, IT, Risk, Product Control and Legal.
- Respond to FO queries on booking, lifecycle events, mismatches and risk representation.
- Support client/counterparty issues and respond via Bloomberg/email channels.
Process Improvement & UAT
- Supporting automation, dashboard creation, and workflow enhancements.
- Execute UAT for Murex, Markit Wire, market data changes and automation scripts.
- Maintain logs, KPIs and support daily MO huddles.
Qualification & Experience
- 5–8 years' experience in OTC/ETD trade support or derivatives MO.
- Strong understanding of Murex, Markit Wire, Bloomberg, risk/P&L flows and lifecycle processing.
- Excellent FO communication skills and cross‑asset product knowledge.
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