Trade Operations Settlements Specialist

City of London Temporary £60,000 - £65,000 per year View Job Description
An International Markets Transaction Support Specialist assisting in in the administration, confirmation, settlement and reconciliations of international counterparty transactions across FX, Bond, Repo, derivative and money market products by leveraging 3rd party platforms and processes.
  • 12 Month contract
  • Competitive salary and benefits package

About Our Client

Commercial and Investment BankTrade Operations Settlements Specialist

City of London

Financial Services

Job Description

* Display accuracy and attention to detail in ensuring settlements are correctly processed in line with
minimum standards.
* Monitor system alerts to confirm that settlements occurred successfully.
* Comply with and adhere to identified governance and compliance standards and escalate problems
for investigation and resolution Identify and escalate risk as normal part of work.
* Ensure adherence to the established procedures, ensures accuracy and validity of all details of
each trade transaction executed by a trader.
* Ensure transactions not executed by a trader are accurately reflected in the system.
* Facilitate timely and accurate communication/notification of trades to the relevant parties.
* Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of accounts for both local and international
transactions.
* Investigate and resolve any discrepancies in transaction or account balances.
* Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to clear reconciling items in a timely manner.
* Analyse previous day's Exception Report and attend to any open items Investigate and resolve
open exception items and escalate to relevant stakeholder(s) for resolution.
* Perform various daily reconciliation's and investigate reconciliation breaks.
* Responsible to reconcile positions daily and follow-up with Front Office if there are any issues.
* Understand process flows in order to identify which systems are causing mismatches and propose
possible solutions.
* Promote teamwork and inclusivity amongst team members and demonstrates behaviours that
respect diversity.
* Establish relationships with relevant individuals and departments to deliver on work expectations.
* Adhere to relevant service level agreements to build trust in the relationship.
* Partner and collaborate with team members to achieve team success.
* Share information and knowledge that benefits the team.
* Participate and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues,
trends and ideas are actively shared.
* Build and sustain collaborative working relationships with relevant peers and stakeholders to
achieve productivity synergies.
* Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational
knowledge improvement.

The Successful Applicant

Bachelor's degree in finance or a related Commercial discipline
* Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in financial industry preferably in a Trading Business
* Understand Securities (Funds, Equities, Bonds, Structured Products, Derivatives) and trading
products.
* Experience of working tasks that impact the trade lifecycle.
* Experience in the performance of tasks and interaction between a middle and front office to resolve
trade discrepancies.
* To have practical application in confirming and settling in Euroclear, DTC bridge-settlement via
Euroclear, Fed-Wire and Clearstream, including bond conversions..
* Beneficial experience but non pre-requisite, ability to work on Murex and have a moderate
understanding of ZAR/UK settlement regulations.Trade Operations Settlements Specialist

City of London

Financial Services

What's on Offer

  • £60,000-£65,000
  • 12 month contract

Trade Operations Settlements Specialist

City of London

Financial Services

Contact
Roisin Kelly
Quote job ref
JN-102024-6572969
Phone number
+44 207 776 5924

Job summary

Job function
Banking & Financial Services
Subsector
Operations / Middle Office - Banking / Securities
Sector
Financial Services
Location
City of London
Contract type
Temporary
Consultant name
Roisin Kelly
Consultant phone
+44 207 776 5924
Job reference
JN-102024-6572969