Trade Settlements Specialist

We're hiring a Trade Settlements Specialist to join our APAC Cash PB Settlements team. This role is crucial for ensuring the timely and accurate settlement of Equities and Bonds trades for our IPB and USPB clients trading in APAC markets. Your contribution will directly impact the efficiency and control of our trade lifecycle.

Role & Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Pre-matching of trades on VD-1 (Value Date minus one).
• Perform Value Date matching & Settlement of Trades.
• Actively manage Fails Management to ensure timely resolution of unsettled trades.
• Liaise extensively with brokers, custodians, the trading desk, Client Services Team, Trade Support, Referential Team, and Compliance Team.
• Resolve Nostro and Depo breaks efficiently.
• Provide timely updates on trade status to all relevant stakeholders (Trade Support, Client Services, Relationship Managers, Trading Desk).

Contributing Responsibilities

• Escalate issues in a timely manner to Ops Management, IT, and Relationship Managers.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to investigate and resolve issues, ensuring trades settle successfully.
• Investigate Nostro and Depo breaks thoroughly and drive their timely resolution.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate a high degree of commitment to resolving process-related issues.

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of equities products, systems, and the business domain.
• Complete understanding of the lifecycle of a trade and Front-to-Back (F2B) understanding of trade flow.
• Experience working in control functions within an investment bank is highly valued.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Possess a control-oriented mindset, ensuring strict adherence to process and control checklists.
• Ability to communicate effectively within the team.
• Strong collaboration skills, demonstrating the ability to work well with others, especially in day-to-day issue resolution and escalation.