Prime Equity Finance Collateral Management Review

As part of the Global Banking and Markets Operations apprenticeship, I am required to complete a Level 3 Certificate in Providing Financial Services, and to complete Level 3 Investment Operations Certificate over the course of the year (October 2015-October2016). Alongside these elements of the scheme, I work in the Prime Equity Finance Collateral Management team where I have learnt and been able to carry out a day to day job role. This role involves the management and agreement of collateral values with several clients through the use of tri-party agents to ensure all collateral requirements are fully covered, and to significantly minimise any credit risks ensuring all processes are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

Over the course of the year, I have fully completed a Level 3 Certificate in Providing Financial Services which has involved gathering evidence from my job role the prove competence in the workplace to be assessed against certain learning criteria from each unit. These 7 units have included Developing Productive Working Relationships with Colleagues, Complying with Regulations within the Financial Services Environment, and Organising the Delivery of Reliable Customer Service. In addition to this, I have completed 3 out of 3 examinations towards the Investment Operations Certificate qualification – Introduction to Securities and Investment, and UK Financial Regulation. I have attended the Markets Operations Risk Foundation Course where I was able to gain an introduction to Operational Risk and outlining escalation processes. I will be attending the At Our Best course in October 2016 as part of the completion of my mandatory courses. I have learnt and developed a number of professional including effective communication within a workplace environment.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my programme, in particular the element of continuing to learn alongside working in a team where I was able to learn a specific product type. My team were excellent at training me and also supporting my studying. I was able to intergrate well to the team, in line with the company's cultures.

My manager was extremely appreciative of all the work completed during my time in the team. She always took on board any comments I had, including suggestions on improving processes. My team were keen to get me involved with every task, and were able to bring me in on their projects they were working on prior to my joining.

The programme is very structured. It began the first week in October where we received 3 days induction, followed by a 1 day Financial Excel training course, and then the Friday where we would be in our teams for the first time. We were able to meet our managers during the 3 day inductions, where we were shown our teams and our futures desk areas. There was a strong support team throughout the course of the year, with monthly meetings held to discuss any problems, and things that were going well. We were also encouraged to meet with a support mentor as often as we deemed appropriate. This was typically a manager from a different area of the bank. I found this useful as it enabled us to broaden our networking across the business. My team gave me the time I needed each day to study for my exams, and were also helpful in giving me the appropriate tasks to fulfil my learning objectives for the coursework element. The programme was well organised and also the time was managed well by the support team to ensure we were all finished by the end of the programme.

My tutor came for monthly meetings where she would go through the work I presented to her. She was very helpful with the problems I encountered, and helped to tailor my units to support me. She was also helpful with revision sessions for exams and any topics I was struggling with.

Received a high level of support from everybody involved in the apprenticeship, including my team and manager. I was given the time to study when I had exams approaching.

It met this well for me personally. I still live at home, and commute from a Zone 4 Oyster station. The location of the office is excellent, very easy to commute and avoids the tube!

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Good apprenticeship with lots of opportunities and a very reputable bank to work for.

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