Job Description

Work Location

London, United Kingdom

Hours:

35

Line of Business:

TD Securities

Pay Details:

We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Title: VP – Advisory and Contract Execution team ("ACE"), Capital Markets Agreements

Job Level: VP / L10

Job Type: non-regulated

Business/Product Group: Advisory and Client Execution

Location: London

(Overview of key purpose and accountability of the role)

The VP, Advisory and Contract Execution sits within the Global ACE team within TD Securities and is responsible for preparing, negotiating and managing a portfolio of capital markets and trading legal agreements with global counterparties. This client-facing role supports deal origination and execution of ISDA/CSA, with a focus on rates/ commodity/precious metals documentation, while ensuring alignment with legal, risk and regulatory frameworks. The role offers high visibility, opportunity to expand transactional experience across multiple products, and requires managing tight deadlines in a fast-paced global markets environment.

Specific Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation of a robust portfolio of capital markets agreements globally across specific trading products, aligning with internal risk, legal, regulatory and governance frameworks to accelerate time to market.
• Advise clients globally through deal origination, with a focus on corporate, commercial and commodities / precious metals portfolios, structuring and capital markets agreement requirements.
• Participate in client meetings and calls to provide capital markets legal agreement advisory and guidance.
• Provide advisory services to the trading floor on trading agreement requirements and implications for new and existing transactions.
• Lead internal calls with stakeholders and external legal counsel to resolve negotiation issues on capital markets agreements.
• Prepare and negotiate capital markets agreements, including ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, Regulatory IM documents, Account Control Agreements, Custody Agreements, repo and securities lending agreements, and bespoke documents pertaining to precious and base metal transactions.
• Liaise and coordinate with Business, Credit, Tax, Legal, Operations, Funding and Valuations, and Collateral Management during origination and negotiation processes.
• Manage escalations related to capital markets agreements to ensure timely resolution and stakeholder alignment.
• Participate in meetings with clients and stakeholders to support origination efforts and provide regular day to day desk-head updates.
• Contribute to automation and process improvement initiatives to enhance documentation workflows and regulatory compliance.
• Prepare and deliver reporting on documentation metrics, project status, and issue tracking.
• Act as a trusted point of contact and advisor for internal stakeholders on all matters related to trading documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Law degree required.
• Minimum 6+ years of legal and trading documentation experience.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and negotiate capital markets and trading agreements (e.g., ISDA, CSA, repo, metals lease agreements).
• Client-facing experience and ability to work with trading desks, senior credit officers, external counsel and other internal stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, ability to work under tight deadlines and across global time zones.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6-8 years of solid legal, trading documentation, capital markets or related experience.
• Strong knowledge of derivatives across rates, FX and commodity and metal asset classes.
• 6+ years in a client-facing role.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team; high integrity and strong work ethic.
• Demonstrated management skills and experience delivering results within aggressive timelines.

Who We Are

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage, paid time off, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment / interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.