A highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Operations Clerk. Excellent operations, communication and organisational skills with a keen eye for detail.  Can work effectively as an individual or as part of a team.

I am presently working for calyon Finanancial on the London Metal exchange market.  Clearing, confirming , agreeing all trades with Brokers. Liasing with clients based in London , Paris, NY Chicago and Madrid.  I work along side Traders agreeing their Trading Positions ,Profit and Loss and Trades on the outcry Trading floor.  Also clearing all Trades on screen , via telephone, email. Very high volumes are traded on a daily basis and are cleared on 20 min time ban basis and meeting all cut off points as per SFA rules and regulations.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Barclays Capital                         March 2005 to present

I am currently working on Commodities Documentations. ISDA Master Agreements, Long form Documentations, Metal outright, swaps, lease rates, Bullion Options and all Metal Trading.

I have to ensure all Agreements are in place for each specified client, constant Liaison with Legal Lawyers in London, New York and Paris.

Drafting of Confirmations and Translation drafting with correct Terms and agreements using specified Templates for each Client. Handling any Client and Traders queries

Reconciliations against systems, Blotters and tickets

Chasings of outstanding Confirmations.

Running daily reports for Team and Traders.

Natexis Metals                         February 2004 to  March 2005

Natexis Metals Limited is a London Metal Exchange commodity broker and is a subsidiary of Banques Populaires.

Operations Clerk
I was on the trading floor where I am matching high volume trades, which requires constant liaison with Traders, Clerks, Brokers and Clients. I am responsible for ensuring all mark up, commission charges; trade recaps and documentations are confirmed throughout the day.

My additional day-to-day duties include: -
-Agreeing the start, mid and end of day positions for the trading floor in London, New York and Tokyo.
-LME Clearing, Physicals, Give Ups, Matching.
-Floor Brokers, Transfers, Clearing Switch Etc.

Triland Metals Ltd                         September 2000 to February 2004

Triland Metals Ltd is a commodity broker and is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi
Corporation.Triland Metals Ltd are now trading in energy products through their
Petro-Diamond entity.

Operations Clerk
My role as an Operations Clerk is similar to that at Natexis Metals, however due to the shift pattern and the small team, I had a greater range of duties and responsibilities.  In addition to the duties listed above, I was also responsible for the following: -

-Liasing with various UK and international banks to provide FX Nettings, FX
-Confirmations and FX Currency.
-Provide Mangers and Traders with: -
  o Accurate FX Clients positions including any exposure or risk.
  o Bullion commissions, collateral and pricing.
  o FX Price Series Maintenance, Average Price.
  o Contracts, Future and Monthly Prices.
  o Reconciliation against LCH and Cortex.
  o Management Reporting using Excel for Profit and Loss Reporting, and where
     necessary  explanations thereof.
  o Checking and verifying positions limits for the start and end of day.
  o Reports for LME Comex, Cocoa and Energy for New York
  o Daily monitoring of FX breaches and exposure

-The development of operational documentation for confirmation process procedures between Traders, Clients and the Compliance department.
-Providing the required daily reports for various markets including European Gas, UK, German and Dutch Power OTC

E D & F Man Holdings Limited                    August 1989 to Sept 2000

E D & F Man Holdings Limited are a commodity brokers who deal with the financial futures and brokerage markets.

Clearing Operations Clerk
I worked as a Clearing Operational Clerk for the Man Metal team of E D & F Man Holdings Limited for eleven years.  During this time I was responsible for: -

-Matching and agreeing trades for the daily Profit and Loss statement
-Reconciliation of the daily settlements, Options, Averaging pricing and FX settlements.
-Controlling Warrants on the Sword System
-Reconciliation of cash tomorrow and warehouse stock.
-Confirmation of banking and client LME trades recaps
-Preparing monthly consolidation of profit and loss figures for London and
New York
-Preparing and inputting of journals and bullion prices.
-Allocations of interest calculations, exposure risk and Traders Client
maintenance.
-Dealing with Clients, Traders and Brokers Queries.
-Issuing daily collateral reports for the benefit of London and New York.