Markets Settlements: Analyst & Assistant Manager (Onsite, SG)

OCBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

OCBC Group in Singapore is seeking a Settlements Analyst at Assistant Manager/Manager level within Markets Operations. The role covers cash and securities settlements, verification of instructions, and monitoring of queues to ensure timely processing under maker-checker controls.

You will contribute to automation, data quality, and process improvements while collaborating with internal teams and external counterparties.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Good knowledge of Treasury products such as securities, derivatives, foreign exchange and money markets.
• Good understanding of front-to-back trade processing and the related operational risks and controls.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with sound judgement and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Execute and monitor cash and securities settlement activities within applicable cut-off times and funding or liquidity constraints.
• Validate settlement details, payment instructions, and relevant static data before release or processing.
• Monitor settlement status and queues, investigate exceptions, and take timely action on unmatched, failed, rejected or delayed items.
• Liaise with internal teams, clients, counterparties, custodians, agents and payment operations to resolve discrepancies.
• Escalate potential settlement failures, sanctions, and other material exceptions promptly.
• Ensure processing complies with approved maker-checker controls, sanctions requirements, operational procedures and market practices.
• Maintain complete processing records and audit trails, including evidence of approvals, follow-up and exception closure.
• Support funding, cash flow, reconciliation, and incident-management activities relevant to settlements.
• Participate in projects, new-product or process initiatives, user acceptance testing, and production implementation.
• Contribute to process re-engineering, straight-through processing, automation and reduction of manual risk.
• Maintain procedures, support cross-training, and contribute to service continuity and team resilience.

Skills

Treasury products knowledge

Trade processing knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Prioritization

Automation interest

MS Office

Murex/Swift familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Murex

SWIFT

Job description

OCBC Group in Singapore is seeking a Settlements Analyst at Assistant Manager/Manager level within Markets Operations. The role covers cash and securities settlements, verification of instructions, and monitoring of queues to ensure timely processing under maker-checker controls.

You will contribute to automation, data quality, and process improvements while collaborating with internal teams and external counterparties.