Settlements Analyst - FX, Money Market, Securities, Bonds | London, UK | Hybrid

Rothstein Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

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Settlements Analyst - FX, Money Market, Securities, Bonds

Settlements Analyst - FX, Money Market, Securities, Bonds

Excellent opportunity opens for a Senior Settlements Analyst to join a growing International Banks’ Operations Department in a crucial role. Working in the Settlements Operations team, you will be responsible for providing operational support to the Treasury functions while providing a high level of customer service. The successful candidate will have experience on the Settlement process - validating trades, settling trades and confirmations eg. bonds, this would involve sending Clearstream (or another custodian such as Euroclear), the bank's MT5XX SWIFT messages and monitoring the trades to match status.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely settlement and confirmation of all new and maturing trades for all products.
• Processing of manual Swift messages required for the settlement of trade or cash funding.
• Monitoring and management of SWIFT, TLM, CLS and Murex queues for any exceptions.
• To ensure the accurate monitoring, management and reporting of currency Nostro positions to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure all reports to management, Ops Risk and head office are completed on time.
• Ensure daily department checklists have been completed.
• Investigation and reconciliation of cash entries, outstanding trade confirmations and late trade settlements including any non-receipt of funds.
• Reconcile and pay monthly brokerage.
• Process relevant trade GL entries into the Midas Plus accounting system.
• Assist with cross-training of staff in line with departments training initiatives.
• Ensure Treasury / Settlement Operations Procedure Manuals are reviewed and updated whenever necessary.
• Ensure that systems and processes within Treasury / Settlement Operations are adhered to at all times.

Qualifications/Other Requirements:

• Strong experience using Swift for trade confirmations particularly BOND & FX trade.
• Experience with various SWIFT message types, including the MT2XX series (Bank Payments), is expected.
• Knowledge of Treasury Operations and Investigations, a general understanding of Trade & Loan Operations and Payment Operations.
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in a deadline driven environment.
• Strong academic background, with first-class inter-personal and communication skills and excellent PC literacy.