Global Banking and Markets, Operations, Policy & Documentation – Derivatives Negotiator, Vice President, Tokyo

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CORPORATE TITLE

Vice President

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OFFICE LOCATION(S)

Minato-Ku

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JOB FUNCTION

Client Onboarding & Configuration

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Global Banking & Markets

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Global Banking and Markets, Operations, Policy & Documentation – Derivatives Negotiator, Vice President, Tokyo

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals

ABOUT OUR ROLES

Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to provide banking, securities, and asset management services to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and controls to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation. For every new product launched and every trade executed, it is Operations that develops and manages the processes and controls that enable business flow.

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team that includes individuals who have a passion for the markets and who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

YOUR IMPACT

P&D is seeking documentation professionals who will have the opportunity to negotiate a broad variety of trading and regulatory documentation. The candidate will ideally have experience in negotiations of ISDA documentation suite, including various types of credit support arrangements, as well as regulatory initial margin documentation and CDEA. Experience with repurchase, securities lending or prime services documentation is also valuable.

P&D culture encourages individuals to bring purpose and authenticity to the team environment, where we role model behaviours and take responsibility for demonstrating our shared values. The candidate will be a self-motivated, results-driven, and proactive team player who takes ownership for their work. This is a growing team that encourages an entrepreneurial, innovative, and analytical approach to providing client solutions.

OUR IMPACT

The team is responsible for providing outstanding service by engaging with clients, understanding their trading activity/strategy. We handle all aspects of the relevant trading documentation negotiation and are therefore an essential component in the creation and maintenance of a trading relationship with a given client.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for complete documentation process from drafting, reviewing, and negotiating to execution & filing of the CDEA, ISDA/CSA, GMRA, GMSLA, MSFTA’s suite of documentation and Master Confirmation Agreements for all Equity Derivative products and related ancillary documents; and related regulatory initial margin documents;

Review of legal opinions on netting and collateral enforceability including liaising with external counsel;

Development and execution of negotiation strategies, outside of a playbook, to balance client and GS needs

Independently lead complex and/or sensitive negotiations for high profile clients

Working closely with the Franchise and Prime business, in particular (Franchise) New Business Group and Client Services

Provide mentoring, training and coaching for junior team members;

Responding to queries on the master documentation from various departments including the front office;

Ongoing opportunity to challenge existing controls/processes and leverage your experience to identify risks and improve the effectiveness of the team; and

Develop and nurture relationships across the firm to build consensus and execute on initiatives;

Actively participate in community engagements to foster P&D’s culture of support and inclusiveness.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Fluent in Japanese (written, spoken and reading) and business-level English.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent or JD with a minimum of six (6) years of experience in Legal/Trading Documentation role (including within a Credit, Risk or Treasury function) or attorney/paralegal experience within a law firm.

Knowledge of various legal entities including funds, insurance companies and pensions.

Proven excellent organizational and prioritisation skills and attention to detail, especially under pressure.

Proven ability to negotiate and review detailed legal documents with an eye for detail and accuracy, particularly around documentation terms.

Ability to ensure consistency across documentation and know when to escalate issues.

Good interpersonal and communications skills.

Enthusiasm and interest in development of documentation skills and using such skills for the completion of negotiation process.

Flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and develop full job ownership.

Strong commercial acumen with a keen interest in derivative, repo, securities lending markets and products and/or prime brokerage products and services.

Ability to interact with and influence business stakeholders and clients in order to negotiate, build consensus, control risks and improve operational efficiency.

Proficient in IT and able to adapt to various databases/systems.

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Holiday & Vacation Policies

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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