Cross-Border Custody & Treasury Operations Lead

Michael Page; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch provided daily

5 days in office

Benefits package

Job summary

Michael Page is recruiting for an Operations Officer to support the launch and growth of a custody platform focused on cross-border capital markets. The role covers CASS reconciliations, treasury operations, and regulatory reporting within a regulated wholesale banking environment.

The successful candidate will have 3+ years in UK financial services, custody experience, and be office-based five days a week. Knowledge of FCA regulations and SWIFT will be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Degree educated with a minimum of 3 years' experience within UK financial services.
• Proven custody operations experience including securities settlement, corporate actions, position reconciliations and working with custodians or sub-custodians.
• Experience performing CASS reconciliations within an FCA-regulated environment.
• Experience supporting operations across FX and/or interest rate products, including trade confirmation, settlement and account reconciliations.
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging and custody/treasury/banking operations systems.
• Exposure to cross-border custody and international securities markets would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily and monthly CASS reconciliations across client custody assets with regulatory compliance.
• Reconcile securities positions against external custodians, depositories and internal records; investigate breaks.
• Maintain accurate records and reconciliation evidence in line with CASS and audit requirements.
• Process and monitor corporate actions, including coupon payments, redemptions and lifecycle events across custody assets.
• Provide operational support for FX transactions: confirmations, settlements, and account reconciliations.
• Support treasury products lifecycle including FX Spot, FX Forward, FX Swaps, repos and derivatives.
• Ensure timely trade confirmation, settlement and regulatory reporting across treasury operations.
• Liaise with front office, finance, compliance, custodians, and operations to resolve queries.

Skills

Custody operations

CASS reconciliations

FX settlements

Regulatory reporting

Securities settlement

SWIFT messaging

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Cross-border awareness

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Custody systems

Job description

Michael Page is recruiting for an Operations Officer to support the launch and growth of a custody platform focused on cross-border capital markets. The role covers CASS reconciliations, treasury operations, and regulatory reporting within a regulated wholesale banking environment.

The successful candidate will have 3+ years in UK financial services, custody experience, and be office-based five days a week. Knowledge of FCA regulations and SWIFT will be advantageous.