# Kio Mclean

Kio Mclean is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Middle Office Operations at Barclays Investment Bank PLC, based in United Kingdom.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@kiomclean

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Senior Middle Office Operations SME at Barclays Investment Bank, leading UAT and reducing fails charges by 100k+ per day.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Authorized to work in | United Kingdom |
| Salary expectations | 70k+ GBP |
| Job categories | Middle Office Operations |
| Skills | Middle Office Operations, Trade Life Cycle, Fixed Income Operations, Trade Capture, Trade Allocation, Trade Validation Controls, Trade Settlement, UAT, Failure Investigation, Risk Mitigation, Regulatory Compliance, FINRA, Traces, SFTR, EMIR |

## About

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At Barclays Investment Bank PLC, I work as a Senior Middle Office Operations SME, supporting pre- and post-execution fixed income operations. I analysed data using Tableau and internal systems to identify root causes, reduce fails, and save the bank 100k+ per day in fails charges.

I led UAT projects including the T+1 Transition, Brexit Migration, Email Digitisation, Fails Reduction Overhaul, and system and platform transitions. I also conducted broker reviews and gap analysis that led to a 24% improvement score.

At Allianz Global Investors, I supported cross-product operations, including trade confirmation and settlement across FX, IRS, equities, repos, and fixed income. I also oversaw OTC derivatives compliance under EMIR, including trade repository reporting and CCP clearing operations via LCH SwapClear.

Earlier, I worked in middle office operations at Barclays Investment Bank PLC and in Trade Support/Settlements at The Bank of England. My experience includes trade lifecycle management, fails investigations, settlement, collateral management, and regulatory compliance.
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## Experience

### Senior Middle Office Operations (current)

[Barclays Investment Bank PLC](https://himalayas.app/companies/barclays-com). Oct 2020 - Present

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Subject Matter Expert for post- and pre-execution Fixed Income trade issues, leading UAT projects and automation initiatives. Reduced fails and saved the bank over 100k per day in fails charges.
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Skills: Tableau, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, CTM, FIX-Protocols, FINRA-TRACE, SFTR, Euroclear, Fedwire, DTC, UAT, SOPs, Data-Analysis, Stakeholder-Management

### Cross Product Operations Support

Allianz Global Investors. Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

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SME contact for Portfolio Managers and Traders, ensuring timely confirmation and settlement of trades across multiple asset classes. Investigated discrepancies and managed trade capture, allocation, and validation.
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Skills: CTM, MarkitWire, CLS, Swift, EMIR, LCH-SwapClear, Trade-Capture, Allocation, Validation, Corporate-Actions, FX, IRS, NDFs, Repositories, Fixed-Income

### Middle Office Operations

[Barclays Investment Bank PLC](https://himalayas.app/companies/barclays-com). Jul 2013 - Oct 2014

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Provided trade support for Credit and Rates desks across EMEA and Emerging Markets. Reduced market and operational risk by promptly sending confirmations and clearing exception queues.
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Skills: CTM, Euroclear, Fedwire, DTC, Trade-Capture, Allocation, Validation, Failure-Investigation, Static-Data, Automation, STP, Fixed-Income, Repositories, ABS-MBS

### Trade Support/Settlements

[The Bank of England](https://himalayas.app/companies/bank-of-england). Mar 2011 - Jun 2013

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Settled Gilts, Repos/Securities Lending, and Collateral/Mark-To-Market using Crest, Euroclear, and LCH. Reconciled margin calls and collateral management, reducing counterparty risk.
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Skills: CREST, Euroclear, LCH, Swift, Margin-Calls, Collateral-Management, Reconciliations, Corporate-Actions, Money-Markets, Capital-Markets, Quantitative-Easing

## Education

### Coursera

Professional Certificate, Project Management. 2023 - 2023

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Completed the Google Foundations of Project Management Professional Certificate in March 2023.
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### Middlesex University

BA Hons, Business Management. 2007 - 2010

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BA Hons in Business Management from Middlesex University, completed in 2010.
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## Tech stack

- Tableau
- Salesforce
- Workday
- Swift

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