Post-Trade Automation & AI Analyst - Securities Ops Tech

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Securities Operations professional to analyse post-trade processes and settlement lifecycles, driving automation and risk controls. You will support investigations, platform upgrades and vendor evaluations while producing governance and KPI reporting.

Experience with PSET, SSI, and AI-enabled workflows is highly valued. The role focuses on improving efficiency, reducing manual work, and ensuring regulatory readiness across global settlements.

Qualifications

• Experience in Securities Operations with focus on post-trade processing.
• Strong understanding of settlement lifecycles and controls.
• Experience with PSET and SSI governance processes.
• Knowledge of custody, settlement and market infrastructure processes.
• Understanding of industry standards and market practices.
• Experience in business analysis, process mapping and requirements gathering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with AI, automation or workflow technologies.
• Exposure to Microsoft Copilot or similar AI tools.
• Knowledge of data analysis and operational reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyse operational workflows across Settlement, Asset Servicing, Corporate Actions and Cash Management.
• Support investigation, remediation and automation of settlement exceptions and issues.
• Maintain knowledge of market practices and settlement lifecycles.
• Perform impact assessments for operational, regulatory and tech changes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Facilitate automation for Settlement Instruction management across teams.
• Analyse PSET requirements and settlement routing across markets and custodians.
• Review settlement instruction quality and support optimisation initiatives.
• Work with vendors to assess enhancements and AI capabilities.
• Support platform upgrades, requirements docs, gap analyses and vendor evaluations.
• Create process maps, workflows and operational procedures.
• Support SIT, UAT and readiness testing; track defects and resolutions.
• Assist with production implementation and post-go-live reviews.
• Support operational risk assessments, control reviews and regulatory reviews.
• Produce process maps, settlement analyses, governance reports, AI assessments, business requirements, testing results and KPIs.

Skills

Post-trade Processing

Settlement Lifecycle Understanding

PSET Governance Experience

Business Analysis

Process Mapping

AI & Automation

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

Power Platform

Vendor Platforms

AI Capabilities

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Securities Operations professional to analyse post-trade processes and settlement lifecycles, driving automation and risk controls. You will support investigations, platform upgrades and vendor evaluations while producing governance and KPI reporting.

Experience with PSET, SSI, and AI-enabled workflows is highly valued. The role focuses on improving efficiency, reducing manual work, and ensuring regulatory readiness across global settlements.