We have a piece of work that may need some specialist staffing. Requirement for a candidate looking for short term work, who has Agent Bank experience. We need a candidate with excellent Network Management experience (referring to a network of suppliers/contractors in local markets who undertake the completion of deals in their territory on behalf of a customer who is based elsewhere). These suppliers act as agents for the bank/institution, hence Agent Bank experience needed. We require someone who's sole role is to manage this network of suppliers and to ensure the best price and efficiency in the work they do

Our client would need someone to do a proposal – say 10 days to prepare – and then, if they buy the recommendation, the consultant would stay on to deliver the work. We anticipate this might be three months - potentially a nice contract for someone who freelances or someone who is currently between roles

Some specifics;

Network Management

Knows the agent banks and CSD's (Paribas, Euroclear etc)

Knows how they charge for settlement and custody

Knows how to reconcile charges to usage (i.e. can understand bills received from agents)

Knows what is negotiable, what isn't and how to negotiate charges

Knows how to combine contracts from multiple entities into global agreements (lots of branches have independent relationships with agents – can the size of the group be leveraged?)

Knows what internal bad practices lead to external charges (non-stp instructions leading to repairs, fails leading to autoborrowing etc)

Can look at all the above (and more) and identify and size cost saving opportunities

Can help someone attack the low hanging fruit

Knows what an internal Network Management function should look like and how to set one up

Can interact at senior level

Has international experience – knows European securities settlement and agent banks inside out

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