Associate II - Custodian Onboarding

UST; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

UST in Chennai seeks a Team Leader to drive a robust control environment around pre- and post-trade mandate monitoring and support investment teams to deliver accurate, timely results in a fast-paced operations setting.

You will handle complex queries, ad-hoc requests, and ensure quality onboarding and offboarding for clients, with a focus on accuracy and risk control. A collaborative, proactive mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in onboarding or custodian account opening.
• Understanding of trade operations and settlements.
• Experience managing SSIs within DTCC.
• Strong knowledge of SWIFT.
• Ability to manage high-volume tasks and meet deadlines.
• Experience in Asset Management preferred.
• Strong organisational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Complete custodian opening documentation.
• Manage custodian standing instructions for repatriation of non-base currencies.
• Maintain Standing Settlement Instructions in DTCC.
• Open custody markets for clients and funds, including complex markets.
• Set up third-party accounts on our platform for CFD and Loan accounts.
• Maintain broker-related macros to facilitate trade settlement.
• Monitor India trading accounts and renew FPIs where required.
• Perform checks to validate market accounts before trading.
• Set up Wall Street Office for Loan trading and Triana for CFD trading.
• Support projects to implement Global Custodian Direct with custodians.
• Escalate issues to the Team Leader as needed.

Skills

Onboarding

Custodian accounts

Trade operations

SSI management

SWIFT

Data analysis

Risk awareness

Teamwork

Deadline oriented

Proactive learner

Tools

DTCC

Job description

Who We Are

At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in over 25 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

Role Description

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Who We Are

At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in over 25 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

The Opportunity

UST is looking for Team Leader; you will play a critical role in delivering a robust control environment and supporting Investment Teams to ensure effective pre- and post-trade mandate restriction monitoring all within challenging deadlines. You will provide subject matter expertise, particularly in the oversight and delivery of complex queries and tasks, and handling ad-hoc requests. We are looking for someone who likes working as part of a team, is comfortable with a fast-paced operations environment and has a strong attention to detail.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Completion of custodian opening documentation
• Managing of custodian standing instructions for repatriation of non base currencies
• Updating and maintenance of Standing Settlement instructions in DTCC
• Opening of custody markets for clients and Client funds including complex documented markets
• Setup of third party accounts on our platform to facilitate CFD and Loan accounts
• Maintenance of broker related macros to facilitate trade settlement
• Monitoring of India trading accounts and completion of FPI licence renewals
• Perform checks on behalf of investment to check market account validity prior to trading
• Setup of Wall Street Office to facilitate Loan trading
• Setup of Triana to facilitate CFD trading
• Support projects to implement Global Custodian Direct with existing and new custodians
• Escalate issues immediately to the Team Leader Skills and Behaviours Required?

Required Skills

• 2 - 4 years’ experience within an onboarding or custodian account opening team
• A good understanding of trade operations and settlements would be adventagious
• Experience of managing SSI’s within DTCC
• A good understanding of SWIFT
• Managing a high volume of varied tasks efficiently and meeting internal and external deadlines.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Commitment to delivering a high-quality onboarding and offboarding experience for our clients
• Good understanding of operational risks
• Previous experience working within an Asset Management firm or similar.
• Strong organisational abilities are needed to manage multiple events simultaneously, prioritising tasks and maintaining a smooth and efficient workflow.
• A motivated, committed and enthusiastic person who thrives working in a close team environment
• The ability to identify issues and develop solutions quickly and effectively is important for addressing any challenges that may arise during the onboarding process.
• The ability to analyse data and workflows to help improve processes and enhance the efficiency of the onboarding experience.
• A proactive learner that is quick at picking up new processes
• Can work on own initiative whilst ensuring the team manager is aware of what you are delivering
• A resilient team member who is good at building relationships
• A good understanding of risks associated to the onboarding of Derivative products Clients Behaviours - How we act gives us our Edge All colleagues are expected to actively demonstrate Clients’ behaviours by:
• Taking accountability and ownership of their responsibilities, embracing challenges, driving outcomes, and executing promises with pace and precision.
• Championing collaboration to fuel collective success, break through barriers, and resolve conflict.
• Innovating by challenging the current way of working, adapting with agility, and cutting through complexity with clarity and purpose.
• Inspiring our people by embodying our culture encouraging and empowering others, leading by example, and advocating for our clients.
• Being client centric, anticipating clients’ needs and proactively addressing challenges with foresight to deliver an extraordinary client experience.

What We Believe

We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion and to place people at the centre of everything we do.

Humility

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity

We honour our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

• To support and promote the values of UST.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures

Skills

Trade Operations, SSI Management, SWIFT