Associate/Analyst, Fixed Income Operations Specialist (FICC - Bond Team), Global

DBS Bank Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is seeking a Treasury Operations professional with 3-4 years of experience. The role involves end-to-end processing of fixed income products, ensuring compliance, and utilizing data analytics for business growth. Strong teamwork, attention to detail, and the ability to handle high-pressure situations are essential. This position requires working extended hours and public holidays when necessary. Competitive compensation and career growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• At least 3-4 years of relevant experience in Treasury Operations.
• Ability to debug problems caused by hardware, operating systems, or network failures.
• Knowledge of market and industry requirements for settlement.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust support for E2E processing of Fixed Income Products.
• Ensure compliance with banking/statutory requirements.
• Engage with managers on risk management ideas.

Skills

Treasury Operations experience

Problem debugging

Data analytics

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Job description

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS has a growing presence in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The bank's capital position, as well as "AA-" and "Aa1" credit ratings, is among the highest in Asia-Pacific. DBS has been recognised for its leadership in the region, having been named “Asia’s Best Bank” by The Banker, a member of the Financial Times group, and “Best Bank in Asia-Pacific” by Global Finance. The bank has also been named “Safest Bank in Asia” by Global Finance for seven consecutive years from 2009 to 2015.

Business Function

GFM Operations - GFM Ops operates as a Regional Processing Centre (Hub & Spoke) supporting GFM businesses in the region. The hub and spoke model allow GFM business to scale up while remaining agile in product and service offerings in the fast, evolving market environment. As GFM business expands product offerings in the region coupled with the dynamic regulatory environment, GFM Ops leverages on this unique advantage to continue to standardize processes to manage processing risk and to facilitate automation as well as governance of service level and quality.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust support for E2E processing of Fixed Income Products
• Responsible for E2E processing, smooth completion and settlement of the daily operations for Bonds/Repos
• Perform validation for all Bond/Repo trades against source documents in Murex &/or Front Arena system
• Execute pre-settlement confirmation with counterparties
• Liaise with the respective local GFM branches, CBG, WMO or Common Depository on fixing or settlement, where necessary
• Perform month-end bond holdings reconciliation between Murex and Custodians/Common Depository
• Ensure compliance to general banking/statutory requirements and requirements of both internal & regulators compliance
• Provide robust support and consistently high service levels for all stakeholders/clients
• Engage with managers to contribute ideas and solutions on risk management area
• Involve in data and business analytics to support business growth.
• Leverage data analytics and support data driven operating model i.e. Value map to drive pre-defined outcomes
• Establish collaboration across different support units and T&M business by Managing through journey

Requirements

• At least 3-4 years of relevant experience in Treasury Operations
• Ability to debug problem caused by hardware, operating system software, application programs, or network failure
• Team player with a positive attitude
• Knowledge on market and industry requirements for settlement
• Ability to participate in weekend/late night LVs.
• Ability to work extended hours (typically including, but not limited to Mondays (across weekend), post holidays, month end weeks) due to surge in volume during these periods.
• Ability to work on SG public holidays when the need arises.
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency to meet various currency cutoff times and customer’s specific SLA with zero error rate.
• Speed & Accuracy — Role requires prompt processing of transactions whilst maintaining vigilance & accuracy over the manual repairs and inputs.
• Zero tolerance for error/ambiguity – role entails posting financial transactions on daily basis; and entails high financial exposure risk.
• Teamwork, Dependability, Strong risk & controls mindset and meticulous.