Company: CME Group
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Employment Type: Full-time
Description:
Job Description Summary
Banking & Collateral, performs required tasks to maintain financial safeguards and risk management by ensuring clearing member firms performance bond assets are accounted for and processed accurately with making certain that CME Clearing House guidelines and regulatory rules are met. The Analyst is responsible for the movement of cash and non-cash collateral related to the satisfaction of clearing member obligations to CME Clearing. This includes continuous interaction with clearing members, settlement banks, custody banks, and investment counterparties throughout the day to ensure clearing member initial margin, guaranty fund, and variation margin assets are accounted for and managed appropriately and in compliance with CME & CFTC rules and policies. This includes daily responsibility for collateral transaction processing, monitoring and aiding collateral settlement, account reconciliation, investigation and remediation of imbalances between CME and… settlement/custody banks, investment of cash balances, ensuring the accuracy of general ledger account balances that are incorporated into CME financial statements, and incorporation of new collateral types and clearing activities into policies and procedures.
Principle Accountabilities
• Reconciliation of all Clearing House US dollar and foreign currency bank accounts, money markets funds, US treasury and foreign debt collateral accounts and DTCC pledgee accounts. Analyze any issues with previous day’s transactions that have resulted in a variance, proper write-up and documentation of variances, and resolution in a timely manner by proactively following-up and communicating with the banks and/or the clearing member firms.
• Monitor and adhere to internal controls and regulatory requirements
• Facilitate transactions of deposits, withdrawals, or substitutions of clearing member firm collateral consisting of US Treasury & Agency collateral, cash, money market fund, gold, letters of credit, FX cash & debt, stock & ETF, and other specialized collateral programs. Coordinate with custody & settlement banks, as well as money market funds, and partner exchanges & service providers for these transactions to flow through timely and accurately.
• Facilitate RTH and ITD settlement confirmation between clearing members through CME Settlement Banks. This includes communicating with the settlement banks regarding any additional information that the bank may need as far as the firm’s collateral assets, or additional details on what is causing a firm’s call or settlement, etc. Any settlement bank concerns or irregularities with confirming settlements are also communicated to Clearing House Management immediately.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting of over $200 billion of assets on deposit across over 20 banks, including verification of daily balances and timely resolution and escalation of discrepancies.
• Assist in monthly financial reporting of Clearing House performance bond assets by accurately posting general ledger net changes to Workday, verifying day to day ending balances of CH financial unit general ledger accounts, and resolving any discrepancies uncovered based from the verification.
• Provide customer service to clearing member firms by assisting with their inquiries regarding collateral assets, cash movements, asset allocation, asset value calculation, collateral eligibility, settlement pays and collects, interest payments, among others.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
Skills And Qualification
• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Finance. Accounting or in equivalent/related field
• 2-4 years of experience in operation preferably in a clearing or settlement environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of reconciliation tools and methodologies (preferred)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge of Python, Tableau, R, VBA/App script is a plus
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