Settlement of Repo/Bonds transactions and associated products in a timely and cost effective manner
Timely resolution of nostro and depot breaks
Mitigation of operational and reputational risk by escalating in a timely and efficient manner
Liaising with clients, brokers / counterparties and other internal support functions for smooth settlement of trades
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for the settlement of Repo and Bonds transactions associated products booked in Calypso, on a timely and cost effective basis by:
Ensuring all trades are instructed, matched settled on a timely basis
Monitoring of failing trades
Reducing fails and/or potential fails by means of pairing off or partialing down deliveries
Minimizing fails by means of partial deliveries where possible
Pre-matching trades in a daily basis
Cash Management related with funding trades
Responsible for solving Nostro and Depot reconciliation breaks on a timely basis:
By investigating and, where possible, clearing all nostro breaks in reported by Securities Control teams
By passing entries to the Calypso systems to clean up outstanding items on a timely basis
By investigating and, where possible, rectifying all depot breaks on a timely basis reported by Securities Control teams
By investigating and solving accounting breaks raised by Securities Control Accounting teams
Escalating items that represent operational risk to the direct Manager
Contribute to the minimisation of settlement costs operational risk:
By becoming more risk aware and by following the procedures or Compliance rules that are in place to mitigate operational or reputational risk
Monitors and take appropriate actions in case of market risks (buyins)
By seeking to improve STP rates at our custodians so reducing cost, by updating static data as and when necessary
By reducing the number of manual instructions sent to agents therefore reducing cost, manual intervention and settlement risk according to Compliance rules
If necessary, using the escalation process when operational risk is detected
Contribute to the overall successful running of the settlement department:
By maintaining close relationships with traders and sales and escalating problems to them promptly where required
By maintaining good working relationships with domestic agents and custodians
By communicating with, and assisting, other operational departments where needed
Ensuring direct Managers are kept informed of any potential problems issues where appropriate.
Skills and competencies:
Ability to analyse, organize and report efficiently
Flexibility on working methods and changing international environment
Rigorous and reactive in order to face pressure and reach excellence anytime
Diligently follow the set procedures and Compliance policies
Knowledge of financial markets and products, and easiness/expertise in dealing with Excel.
