Team Lead – Middle Office Operations

KS CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Singapore is seeking a Team Lead – Transaction Operations to drive operational excellence across the end-to-end trade life cycle, including regulatory reporting and corporate actions. In this leadership role, you will collaborate with outsourced service providers, ensure compliance, engage with stakeholders, and champion automation and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Experienced operations professional with a background in trade processing, reconciliations, or regulatory reporting.
• Strong communicator, collaborator, and mentor.
• Tech-savvy with eagerness to explore automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead oversight and serve as the first point of escalation for trade operations and regulatory reporting issues.
• Manage and resolve stakeholder escalations independently.
• Oversee trade life cycle activities across all asset classes.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving

Process improvement

Incident management

Automation tools

Job description

Our client is hiring: Team Lead – Transaction Operations

Are you a detail-driven operations professional with a passion for trade life cycle management and regulatory reporting? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment overseeing cross-asset operations and resolving high-impact issues? If so, our client invites you to apply for the position of Team Lead – Transaction Operations .

This is a leadership role within the Transaction Operations Team, responsible for ensuring operational excellence across the end-to-end trade life cycle , corporate actions, reconciliations, and client/regulatory reporting. You'll work in close partnership with the outsourced service provider to deliver seamless post-trade support across multiple asset classes including Equities, Fixed Income, FX, CIS, and Money Markets .

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead oversight and serve as the first point of escalation for all trade operations and regulatory reporting issues.
• Manage and resolve stakeholder escalations independently—including those from internal teams, custodians, brokers, and service providers.
• Oversee trade life cycle activities across all asset classes, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Provide regulatory reporting oversight and ensure all validations meet internal and external requirements.
• Support new market transitions, product rollouts, and process integration initiatives.
• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for transaction operations in strategic projects and new product developments.
• Proactively manage and mitigate incidents and operational risks.
• Stay up to date with market developments, proactively recommending and implementing process improvements.
• Drive automation, innovation, and adoption of new technologies to streamline workflows and reduce manual dependencies.
• Work with the Head of Transaction Operations to enhance the risk and control environment for long-term efficiency and compliance.

Who You Are:

• An experienced operations professional with a background in trade processing, reconciliations, or regulatory reporting.
• A natural leader who thrives on problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, and driving operational excellence.
• Well-versed in the trade life cycle across multiple asset classes and experienced in managing outsourced operational teams.
• Comfortable handling incident management and driving continuous improvement in a dynamic regulatory environment.
• Tech-savvy and eager to explore automation tools and system enhancements.
• Strong communicator, collaborator, and mentor.

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