AVP | Trade Settlement | BFS

Group Operations carries out high-quality and efficient banking services to clients across the Business divisions ensuring an excellent execution of millions of transactions daily. We operate globally in four regions - 'Switzerland', 'APAC', 'Americas' and 'UK Entities, Wroclaw Dublin'.

We apply a continual focus on improving productivity and efficiency while seeking new and innovative ways to support clients' changing needs.
• This role offers the candidate an opportunity to influence the Securities strategy within and improve the overall client experience
• Focus areas will be to improve Settlement Efficiency and Straight Through Processing rates
• Responsible to provide their manager with regular updates on progress and demonstrate how results have been achieved
• Opportunity to identify issues in the front to back process and be able to process re-engineer in order to remediate those issues
• The role involves detailed understanding of inventory management processes so a key objective is to review, identify and implement improvements
• A department which values Diversity and Inclusion (DI) and is committed to realizing the firm's DI ambition which is an integral part of our cultural values

Qualifications
• Inspiring change with resilience and adaptability
• The ability to navigate a way forward through uncertainty and ambiguity with a positive demeanor, embracing change
• Analytical approach : A logical approach to problem solving, making rational decisions based on analysis of data from a wide range of sources
• Creating a collaborative open culture : Effective collaboration across organizational boundaries; actively encouraging inclusivity and diversity and facilitating open communication between teams
• Managing risk : Proven experience in evaluating risk likelihood and impact; taking into account all risk factors to balance risk, service and cost when communicating risk implications and contingency plans
• Critical thinking : A strategic, creative approach, proactively seeking opportunities to drive continuous improvement and change
• Delivering business value and productivity : Taking accountability for organizing and delivering work to maximize business value for clients and partners, establishing what can be delivered and viability of solutions
• Relationship building : Strong, adaptable relationship building skills across colleagues, partners and external partners at all levels
• Influencing and presenting information : Effective communication and presentation skills with the ability to present complex information in an understandable, relevant and engaging way
• Leading, motivating and empowering : A - leading by example- approach, understanding the needs of different team members and groups and adapting your style to effectively motivate; delegate responsibility and empower others
• Aligning and developing talent : Focus on actively and creatively aligning team members based on strengths, hiring the right skills with a view to building a diverse organization and rewarding and retaining key talent
• 5+ years of experience in Securities Settlements and Middle Office
• Understand the full trade lifecycle, end to end for all Securities products
• An extensive knowledge of Inventory, Financing and Stock Record
• A specialist on Market and Product knowledge and understand the restrictions
• Understand the CSDR cost impact of fails and be able to look at the opportunity to reduce those costs
• Knowledge of Front Office Order Management Systems is hugely beneficial, especially Global 1 and Vision for SBL Repo products
• Experience of Reference Data and how each component impacts the trade lifecycle is essential.
• Proven experience across multiple securities markets and products
• Phenomenal effective communications skills and ability to present to a senior audience
• Have experience working with IT to plan and deliver solutions with effective success on BRD, FRD and UAT project management skills
• Result oriented, dedicated, hardworking who can work on own initiative and can deliver on time under pressure with a high level of integrity and flexibility, sense of urgency, attention to detail and quality standards

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