Manager, Operations

CLSA; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

CLSA in Mumbai seeks a seasoned institutional broking operations professional to lead BAU trade support for cash equities and regulatory reporting. You will own risk controls, collateral management and end-to-end trade processing with interfaces to trading desks across CLSA regions.

The role requires deep experience in trade support, compliance and settlement, along with strong analytical abilities and communication skills. Office-based with potential flexibility.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of institutional broking operations experience with middle and back-office controls.
• Graduate degree required.
• Experience with trade support, regulatory compliance, trade reporting and settlement for cash market and F&O.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage BAU trade support for Cash Equities NSE and BSE segments.
• Own day-to-day regulatory reporting and compliance.
• Document operating procedures and risk management policies.
• Implement and monitor risk management BAU controls.
• Ensure daily exposure trading limits for clients and dealers.
• Oversee trade accounting, bank relations, funds movements and reconciliations.
• Maintain collateral across cash, G-Sec, equities and guarantees.
• Support Trading desk across CLSA regions including India.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and system alignment.
• Coordinate client onboarding, empanelment reviews, UCC registration and reconciliations.
• MIS reporting and audit support; handle regulatory circulars and UAT.
• Manage static data of stocks and clients, including reconciliation.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Trade support

Audit and controls

Excel

Data management

Regulatory reporting

MIS reporting

Verbal and written communication

Education

Graduate degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook/Email

Job description

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• To lead and manage execution of BAU roles for Cash Equities NSE and BSE segments trade support, trade enrichments, trade booking, reporting and reconciliations
• Ownership and accountabilities for BAU roles and day to day regulatory reporting and compliances.
• Documentations and version maintenance of Operating procedures, risk management policies etc.
• Risk Management BAU implementation, monitoring and follow ups
• Ensure handling daily exposure trading limits applicable for clients, at stock and dealer level.
• Trade Accounting management, bank relationship, funds movements & reconciliations, posting of ledgers, fail trade monitoring
• Maintenance of Collaterals i.e. Cash, Government Securities, Listed Equities, Bank Guarantee etc,
• Support Trading desk across CLSA regions including in India to support pre & post trade activities.
• Ensure regulatory compliances and system alignments.
• Own and Client Margin movements of upstream and downstream on Exchange Clearing Corporations
• To co-ordinate with client on-boarding team and compliance team for empanelment reviews, account setup, UCC registration and reconciliations
• MIS reporting and Audit supports
• Regulatory circulars implementations and follow up with IT support teams for handling UAT and production supports
• Static data management of stocks, clients including commission deviations reconciliation and handling of Buy Back/OFS/IPO and QIP etc.
• Operational risk & controls monitoring, system developments including UAT etc.
• Regional Operations team support

Requirements

• Minimum 15-20 years of work experience in Institutional Broking Operations handling middle and back controls and reconciliations including Audit and compliance data support.

• Minimum Graduate Degree

• Having excellent understanding and working experience of trade support roles, regulatory compliances for trade reporting, market pre-matching and settlement of trades for cash market and F&O

• Analytical knowledge and very good in numbers

• Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.

• Develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization and to create new opportunities.

• Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.

• Proficiency of verbal and written communicationExcel and Word processing

• Application and Data base management

• Spreadsheets with formula, macro and pivot E-mail

• Internet outlook emails

• Usually work in an office environment but the purpose of immediate service to clients may sometimes work from home or non-standard work places

• Work in a standard work week with flexi shift timings but may be also required to work late hours or full shifts in absence of immediate colleague staff or back up in your own responsible area.

• Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.

• Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization

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