Director, Infrastructure Structuring
RBC
Other Engineering
London, UK
Job Description
What is the Opportunity?
Join RBC's Capital Markets Division as a Director in the Infrastructure Structuring – Advisory Team. Based in London, you'll act as a key component of our Structuring desk, focussed on legal documentation, complex deals and ensuring compliance with governance processes across all pillars of activity. This role demands agility, fast turnarounds, and the ability to manage multi-geography, multi-asset requests simultaneously.
About Structuring
Structuring is a global team split into five different locations: Singapore, London, New York and Toronto. The team is multi-assets, covering equities, credit, FX, commodities and rates, allowing RBC to cover a broad range of products, including QIS. Structuring works hand in hand with trading and sales, with the aim of expanding our product catalogue and bringing innovative solutions to our clients.
Within Structuring, Infrastructure Structuring is responsible for the scalable development of the platform, establishing sound practices and developing tailored solutions, with expertise in tax, legal, and regulatory topics, Repacks, RBC issuance programmes, and marketing.
What will you do?
Structuring & Governance
Structured OTC:
- Develop and enhance the Structured OTC platform
- Lead for Structuring on transactions that are documentation intensive, eg exotic or bespoke OTCs
- Work in coordination with trading and functions to establish and maintain templates in line with industry practice and regulation
- Manage for Structuring set up and enhancement of governance framework and best practices in partnership with trading, sales, legal, compliance, tax, risks, ops
EMTN Platform:
- In conjunction with sales, trading and structuring, optimize the EMTN platform
- Assist the Transaction Management Team on discrete questions
- Generate the documentation (term-sheet and final terms / pricing supplements) for new payoffs / products
- Develop scalable solutions to optimize and automate the EMTN platform
Repack & Solutions:
- Coordinate with Structuring and Trading the structuring of complex repacks
- Develop new bespoke solutions along with other structuring pillars: from initial design to managing internal processes, approvals and creation of documentation (term-sheet, marketing material)
- Develop scalable solutions to optimize and automate the repack platform
Quantitative Investment Strategies
- Manage for Structuring set up and enhancement of governance framework for the QIS platform in partnership with trading, sales, legal, compliance, tax, risks, ops
- Manage for Structuring establishment and maintenance of documentation templates in line with the market and RBC’s best practices
- Work closely with the QIS team and functions on new indices and benchmarks to ensure timely delivery
Marketing & Client Engagement
- Participate in client meetings to present products, along with sales and structuring, and negotiate transaction terms
- Build and strengthen relationships with key internal stakeholders: legal, tax, accounting, middle office and back office
Deal Execution
- Coordinate solutions between sales, trading, clients, and internal stakeholders
- Ensure all documentation is accurate and exhaustive (internal documentation, term-sheets, legal documentation, booking setup, and client deliverables)
- Manage consumer duty obligations—identifying, escalating, and remediating issues that could lead to unfair customer treatment
What do you need to succeed?
- Relevant experience in the financial industry, across different activities and asset classes, in legal and / or structuring
- Significant expertise in derivatives across asset classes, with deep knowledge of the ISDA Derivatives Definitions
- Significant experience in repacks and solutions transactions, involving liquid or esoteric assets
- Experience in Quantitative Investment Strategy
- Knowledge of ENMTN programme mechanics and regulations
- A graduate degree in Law with background in Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or similar discipline
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong team player with an ability to onboard stakeholders and ability to work across a large span of functions / individuals
- Integrity, rigorous and detail oriented, and high work ethic
- Proactive initiative-taker with ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-stress environments
- Fluent English
What’s in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Opportunities to do challenging work
- Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
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