What CLS Has to Offer:

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Job Details

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.

Job purpose – CLS Technology is growing is Vendor Management capability to support management of our critical and key Vendors. The purpose of this role is to maximise the performance and value of CLS’s strategic Third Parties whilst minimizing risk through contractual and relationship management monitoring and to support Technology in its execution of compliance with the Third Party Management Policy.

Operational

Monitoring and managing contractual arrangements ensuring delivery including:-
- Deliverable tracking
- Obligation tracking
- Change management
- Cost management
- Invoice management
- Document management
- ITVM Planner oversight, support and monitoring

Strategic

Establish relationships both internally at CLS and externally with the relevant Third Parties
Creation and maintenance of balanced scorecards for portfolio of Vendors
Managing and overseeing the Governance aspects of the relationship

Leadership

Stakeholder management to resolve disputes and issues with Third Party
Communicating issues and performance activities to all levels of the organization verbally and reports
Maintaining and minimizing CLS exposure to Third Party risk through contractual navigation and relationship management
Promoting high Third Party Management performance standards with the Technology function

Knowledge, skills and abilities - competencies required for successful job performance

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Established and proven contract management experience
Established commercial and financial experience
Knowledge of Project Management processes
Excellent problem management skills
Knowledge of a regulated Financial services industry

Qualifications / certifications

CIPS qualified preferred
IACCM

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
Annual flu vaccinations.
Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.

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