Senior Structured Notes Specialist

Job Title: Senior Structured Notes Specialist

Location: UAE (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Level: Senior

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Structured Notes Specialist to support the structuring, issuance, valuation, and lifecycle management of structured financial products. This role involves working with structured notes linked to equities, interest rates, currencies, commodities, credit instruments, and market indices, while ensuring accurate product documentation, effective risk controls, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of structured products, financial markets, investment product operations, and valuation processes, with the ability to coordinate effectively across trading, structuring, legal, risk, compliance, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the structuring, analysis, issuance, and ongoing administration of structured notes and investment products.
• Review product terms, payoff structures, underlying assets, maturity profiles, coupon arrangements, participation rates, and embedded derivative features.
• Analyze structured notes linked to equities, indices, foreign exchange, interest rates, commodities, credit, and other eligible underlying assets.
• Coordinate with trading desks, structuring teams, product managers, and financial institutions to facilitate product development and execution.
• Review term sheets, indicative pricing, final terms, product documentation, and transaction confirmations for completeness and accuracy.
• Assist with pricing analysis, valuation reviews, scenario analysis, and assessment of potential returns and downside risks.
• Monitor market data, underlying asset performance, corporate actions, barrier events, coupon conditions, and other triggers that may affect product terms.
• Coordinate trade capture, settlement arrangements, lifecycle events, maturity processing, coupon payments, and redemption activities.
• Reconcile positions, valuations, cash flows, and transaction records across internal systems and external counterparties.
• Investigate discrepancies involving pricing, coupon calculations, corporate actions, valuation inputs, and settlement instructions.
• Work with risk management and product control teams to monitor market risk, issuer credit risk, liquidity risk, and product-specific exposures.
• Ensure structured product activities comply with internal policies, delegated authority limits, suitability requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to review product disclosures, investor documentation, and relevant contractual provisions.
• Maintain accurate records of product terms, approvals, transactions, lifecycle events, and supporting documentation.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and management reporting related to structured notes.
• Identify opportunities to improve product administration, workflow automation, reconciliation processes, and operational controls.
• Provide technical guidance to junior team members and contribute to knowledge sharing across structured product operations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience in structured products, structured notes operations, investment banking, treasury, securities processing, or financial markets.
• Strong understanding of structured notes, embedded derivatives, payoff mechanisms, coupon structures, and product lifecycle events.
• Familiarity with equity-linked notes, autocallable notes, principal-protected products, yield-enhancement structures, and other structured investment products.
• Understanding of financial instrument valuation, market risk, issuer credit risk, liquidity considerations, and relevant pricing inputs.
• Experience reviewing term sheets, confirmations, product disclosures, and transaction documentation.
• Knowledge of securities settlement, corporate actions, coupon processing, maturity events, and reconciliation procedures.
• Familiarity with financial market systems, securities platforms, trade processing systems, and product control tools.
• Understanding of relevant accounting standards, including IFRS 9 and fair value measurement principles where applicable.
• Knowledge of UAE financial services regulations and structured product governance requirements is an advantage.
• Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, or other relevant financial markets certifications are desirable.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with SQL, Python, VBA, or financial data analysis tools is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple transactions and deadlines while working independently in a remote environment.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Accuracy and timeliness of structured note trade capture, processing, and lifecycle event management.
• Quality and completeness of product documentation and transaction records.
• Timely processing of coupon payments, redemptions, maturities, and other contractual events.
• Accuracy of position, cash flow, and valuation reconciliations.
• Resolution of operational discrepancies within established service-level agreements.
• Compliance with internal procedures, product governance standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Effectiveness of risk identification, issue escalation, and control implementation.
• Reduction in processing errors, reconciliation breaks, and avoidable operational incidents.
• Quality of management reporting, audit documentation, and stakeholder support.
• Contribution to process automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and technical expertise.
• Fully remote working arrangements.
• Opportunities to work with complex structured investment products and financial market instruments.
• Professional development and support for relevant industry qualifications.
• A collaborative environment focused on product expertise, operational excellence, and effective risk management.
• Opportunities to contribute to product development, lifecycle management, and process improvement initiatives.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV highlighting their experience with structured notes, structured investment products, transaction processing, valuation support, and product lifecycle management.

Please include examples of complex product transactions handled, operational issues resolved, or improvements made to structured product controls and processes where appropriate.

• Email Subject Line: Application – Senior Structured Notes Specialist (UAE Remote)