Equities Post Trade Settlements Analyst

Venn Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm is seeking an Equities Post Trade Settlements Analyst to oversee the equity settlements team. The role involves leading daily operational tasks, ensuring timely settlements, and collaborating with various departments for effective issue resolution. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in post-trade services, strong Excel skills, and a proactive mindset aimed at improving processes.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in post-trade services, especially settlement processes.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across all levels.
• Ability to analyze and manipulate financial data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and guide daily operational tasks in equity post-trade settlement.
• Collaborate with various departments for effective operations.
• Provide regular management reporting on errors and trends.

Skills

Post Trade Services experience

Communication skills

Microsoft Excel proficiency

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Process improvement ability

Job description

Equities Post Trade Settlements Analyst

Our client is looking for someone to join their Equity Settlements team and provide day-to-day operational support for the Equity Post Trade Services function. The successful candidate will supervise BAU activities and team responsibilities, monitor progress, take corrective actions when needed, and escalate issues to management as appropriate. They will ensure accuracy through 4-eye checks and other key risk controls, including oversight of group mailboxes, query resolution, and checklist completion. The role involves leading and supervising the timely settlement of Equity Trades for London and Frankfurt markets, liaising with global agents and counterparties.

The responsibilities include overseeing and guiding the execution of daily operational tasks such as:

• Equity post-trade settlement primary issuance programs for ECM
• Stock loan processing
• Break resolution (cash and stock)
• Sanction screening
• Trade pre-matching and exception handling
• Fails and conversion processing
• Collateral management
• Sensitive client trade monitoring

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Report directly to the Section Supervisor and Section Head.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Front and Middle Office, Compliance, Audit, Finance, Operational Risk, and IT teams, including counterparts across multiple regions.
• Interface with external stakeholders including clients, market counterparties, settlement agents, agent banks, and central securities depositories.

• Ensure timely and accurate processing of Equity Post Trade Services, including settlements and collateral management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve routine operational issues, escalating complex matters as needed.
• Maintain effective stakeholder relationships to uphold service standards and facilitate issue resolution.
• Provide regular reporting to management on errors, trends, and areas for improvement.
• Maintain and update desktop procedures in accordance with policy, ensuring compliance and consistency in daily operations.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying automation opportunities and driving process enhancements.
• Follow compliance procedures diligently, attend mandatory training, and apply a strong understanding of regulatory and risk requirements to all work.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Solid experience in Post Trade Services, especially settlement processes and reconciliation management.
• Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage across all levels of the organization.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to analyze and manipulate financial data effectively.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and adaptable, with a collaborative mindset.
• Experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and system change support.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process efficiencies and implement improvements.