Daniel Sharples
Greenwich, London
Summary
I am a driven and motivated individual, with a consistent record of achievement in challenging and rigorous environments. I take great pride in my work, and I always aim to complete it to the high standards that I set myself. I have experience in various banking operations roles, and across multiple market products. What has always remained constant during my career is the responsibility I have to mitigate operational, financial and reputational risks, that are critical to the success of any institution.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work history
FX Options & Precious Metals Trading Assistant
HSBC
London
07.2024 - Current
- Managing the exercise event of maturing options, communicating decisions with counterparties, and ensuring accurate risk capture on behalf of the trading desk.
- Management of other key lifecycle events of exotics such as barrier knocks, digital payouts, and callable options.
- Ensuring accurate and timely funding of cash and metal balances with FX and PM trading desks.
- Lead responsibility within team for off-platform novations, handling a high volume of requests, directly liaising with clients and ensuring accurate rebooking.
- Handling any manual trade booking, allocation and amendment requests on behalf trading and sales.
- Assisting traders when any unexpected jumps in P&L or risk occur.
- Identifying gaps and enhancements to current processes to minimise operational risk to the business.
EM Rates Trading Assistant
HSBC
London
01.2022 - 07.2024
- Ensuring accurate and timely trade capture of IRS, OIS, FRA, Cross Currency IRS and Basis Swaps.
- Live price trade modelling of IRS, OIS, FRA, Cross Currency IRS and Basis Swaps on behalf of trading and sales desks.
- Timely execution of post-trade events, including full/partial terminations, amendments, client novations and compressions.
- Primary point of contact between front and back office teams, to resolve intraday queries, minimising unnecessary delay and involvement of senior stakeholders.
- Ensuring accurate capture of sales revenues.
- Lead tester for new trading system implementation, to ensure all current trade booking/amend scenarios are in line with expectations.
- Implementing a fortnightly working group within middle office and back office teams to highlight process improvement opportunities and encourage wider collaboration.
- Ensuring desk procedures are up to date, documenting any new processes thoroughly.
FX Middle Office Associate
HSBC
London
07.2019 - 01.2022
- Senior point of contact within middle office for HSBC front and back office teams across multiple regions.
- Handling cancellation, amend and booking requests on behalf of sales and trading.
- Monitoring risk in sales and trading books, escalating any breaches with the relevant owner.
- Execution of novation and NPV requests on behalf of sales, ensuring that all required approvals have been obtained.
- Pricing and booking of high value spot month end sell-downs for HSBC UK and Paris regions on behalf of London trading desk.
- Execution and reconciliation of interbank and inter-entity FX risky and riskless compressions.
- Lead responsibility for the global implementation of the MCA and fixing source onboarding process, across front, middle and back office teams.
- Producing a weekly 'week ahead' update on market events, to help keep colleagues informed on currency trends and highlight any upcoming key event risk.
- Training of new team members and ensuring accurate procedures.
Retail, Commercial and Internal Pricing (Contract)
HSBC
London
05.2018 - 07.2019
- Accurate and timely pricing of high value client instructions, ensuring that pricing is within pre-authorised margins.
- Execution of take-ups on time options.
- Primary contact for HSBC branch, payment and fraud teams, pricing on instruction and reversing any outstanding deals.
- Pricing of high value month end sell downs for HSBC UK.
- Training and mentoring of team apprentice.
- Identifying and improving process gaps.
FX Middle Office Associate
The Bank of New York Mellon
London
08.2016 - 05.2018
- Producing, validating and distributing daily spot rates to a large internal base.
- Setting credit limits across all electronic trading platforms at an individual counterparty level.
- Maintaining up to date static data in front office platforms on behalf of Sales and Trading.
- Inputting the fixing legs of NDFs on behalf of sales and trading.
- Producing and distributing reports on existing client base to senior management.
- Verification of flash P&L figures with trading desks.
- Producing and distributing EOD P&L reports to senior management.
- Identifying and improving gaps in processes.
FX Settlements Associate
The Bank of New York Mellon
Manchester
11.2014 - 07.2016
- Ensuring accurate & timely settlement of spot, forward, CLS, collateral & NDF transactions.
- Daily confirmation of FX transactions with multiple counterparts.
- Execution of CLS interbank in/out swaps to meet bank obligations in CLS.
- Inputting & releasing internal FX swaps against other regions.
- Investigating and escalating to relevant stakeholders any non-receipt of payment.
- In fortnightly meetings, working with senior ops managers to enhance settlement processes.
- Carrying out stress & regression testing of internal systems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Banking and Finance
Cardiff University Business School
2014
A levels - undefined
Runshaw College
2011
Skills
- Highly analytical
- Excellent work ethic
- Experience working in a team and individually
- Good interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated
- Comfortable working to tight deadlines
Other Accomplishments
- I self-funded and passed all three levels of the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) program at the first attempt.
- I was part of a team of five that were awarded the BNY Mellon Markets Team of the year for 2015.
- I am the current general manager of HSBC Cricket Club, organising training and match days.
- I recorded and released an album with my brother during lockdown, feel free to ask for further details!
Timeline
FX Options & Precious Metals Trading Assistant
HSBC
07.2024 - Current
EM Rates Trading Assistant
HSBC
01.2022 - 07.2024
FX Middle Office Associate
HSBC
07.2019 - 01.2022
Retail, Commercial and Internal Pricing (Contract)
HSBC
05.2018 - 07.2019
FX Middle Office Associate
The Bank of New York Mellon
08.2016 - 05.2018
FX Settlements Associate
The Bank of New York Mellon
11.2014 - 07.2016
A levels - undefined
Runshaw College
Bachelor of Science - Banking and Finance
Cardiff University Business School