Investment Ops Specialist - Trade Processing & Settlements

DBS Bank Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DBS Bank Ltd in Singapore is seeking an experienced Operations professional for Global Financial Markets Operations. You will handle end-to-end trade processing, settlement validation, exception management, and regulatory reporting across broker and custodian networks.

Key responsibilities include reviewing daily reconciliation breaks, monitoring SLA commitments, conducting SOP updates, and supporting UAT, LV testing, and BCP exercises.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant operations experience within banking or financial services, preferably in Treasury Operations.
• Familiarity with trade lifecycles, corporate actions, asset transfers, and broker/custodian statement reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail in handling exceptions and reconciliation breaks.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of managing internal stakeholder and client inquiries effectively.
• Good understanding of regulatory reporting requirements (e.g., SFC, exposure data collections, GSIB guidelines).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Support the asset transfer and corporate action processing for client thru asset held with Custodian and Broker.
• Review and check daily exception reports and ensure timely escalation of reconciliation breaks and issues.
• Monitor and support departmental SLA commitments to Business Units.
• Handle customer and internal inquiries, investigations, and exception handling.
• Oversee monthly broker expenses, execution fees charge-outs, trade count validation, and reconciliations.
• Handle monthly soft commission & rebates computation and coordinate ad hoc invoice payments to soft commission clients' vendors.
• Execute ad hoc, weekly, monthly, and yearly regulatory reporting and inquiries (e.g., GSIB, Exposure Data Collection, SFC inquiries).
• Ensure timely delivery of daily and monthly statements and reconcile statement counts to meet regulations obligation.
• Conduct periodic reviews and updates of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Detail-oriented

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

DBS Bank Ltd in Singapore is seeking an experienced Operations professional for Global Financial Markets Operations. You will handle end-to-end trade processing, settlement validation, exception management, and regulatory reporting across broker and custodian networks.

Key responsibilities include reviewing daily reconciliation breaks, monitoring SLA commitments, conducting SOP updates, and supporting UAT, LV testing, and BCP exercises.