Snr Manager - Custody Middle Office Specialist - Hiport

Anton Murray Consulting; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anton Murray Consulting in Sydney is seeking a seasoned Custody Operations / Middle Office Specialist with extensive HiPort experience to join our client’s growing team. The role focuses on overseeing trade settlement, corporate actions, and reconciliations across multiple asset classes.

You will support offshore teams, drive process improvements, and mentor junior staff while ensuring compliance and client service excellence within a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in custody operations or a middle office role.
• Strong knowledge of HiPort and a variety of asset types.
• Thorough understanding of custody operations including trade settlement, corporate actions, and reconciliations.
• Hands-on with problem solving and implementing change.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert oversight and management of the custody middle office function, ensuring accurate and timely processing of transactions, corporate actions, and other key activities
• Collaborating with operations, client services, and accounting to resolve complex issues and optimise workflows
• Implementing and maintaining robust controls and procedures to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal policies
• Analysing data and generating insightful reports to support informed decision-making by senior management
• Mentoring and developing a team of middle office specialists, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence
• Identifying and driving process improvements to enhance operational efficiency and client satisfaction

Skills

Custody operations

Middle Office

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication

PowerBI

Alteryx

HiPort

Tools

HiPort

PowerBI

Alteryx

Job description

A leading global financial services firm, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Custody Operations / Middle Office Specialistwith very strong Hiport system experienceto join their team in Sydney.

This is a full-time newly created role due to recent significant growth in clients that will play a crucial role in the organisation’s operations.

The Middle Office team provides services to Asset Manager and Asset Owner clients, supporting trade management on a variety of asset (Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Cash, Loans Derivatives) as well as asset servicing functions including corporate actions, reporting and reconciliations.The Middle Office team based in Sydney is focused on providing client service support, specialist knowledge on assets & systems, change management and oversight of outsourced processes.

The purpose of this role is to support the broader Middle Office teams based offshore, with specialist knowledge on HiPort, asset and market knowledge to ensure client deliverables are met, escalations are resolved, monitor key controls and processes, as well as implement improvements across the core platforms and processes

Responsibilities:

• Providing expert oversight and management of the custody middle office function, ensuring accurate and timely processing of transactions, corporate actions, and other key activities
• Collaborating with various teams, including operations, client services, and accounting, to resolve complex issues and optimise workflows
• Implementing and maintaining robust controls and procedures to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal policies
• Analysing data and generating insightful reports to support informed decision-making by senior management
• Mentoring and developing a team of middle office specialists, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence
• Identifying and driving process improvements to enhance operational efficiency and client satisfaction

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a custody operations or middle office role, preferably from within a custody or funds management environment
• Strong knowledge of HiPort and a variety of asset types
• Thorough understanding of custody operations, including trade settlement, corporate actions, and reconciliations
• Ability to be hands on with the problem solving and implementing change
• Effective communicator across all levels of the organisation
• Desirable that candidates also have strong PowerBI and Alteryx experience