Equity Clearing & Settlements Specialist

Phyton Talent Advisors; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Phyton Talent Advisors is seeking a Listed Clearing Specialist with hands-on experience across equity clearing, settlements, and back-office operations. You will support settlements, cash management, and client service for listed products, while managing DTC cash equity settlements, stock borrow/loan, and OCC options clearing.

Responsibility includes monitoring the full lifecycle, reconciling, processing dividends, and handling option expirations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in financial services or back-office operations.
• Strong knowledge of DTC clearing.
• Experience with equity settlements, reconciliations, and full trade lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of OCC/options clearing preferred.
• Stock loan experience is a plus.
• Ability to oversee outsourced operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Support settlements, controls, cash management, and client service for listed products.
• Manage DTC cash equity settlements, stock borrow/loan, and OCC options clearing.
• Monitor trade activity across the full lifecycle, including reconciliations, dividend processing, option expirations, exercises, and assignments.
• Ensure DTC/OCC positions and balances are aligned with internal systems.
• Investigate and resolve transaction exceptions and settlement failures.
• Oversee and monitor work performed by outsourced/offsite operations teams.
• Work closely with clearing houses, custodians, banks, and internal stakeholders.
• Support clearinghouse margin requirements, reporting, audits, and regulatory requests.

Skills

DTC clearing

Equity settlements

Trade lifecycle

Outsourced operations oversight

Regulatory awareness

Tools

Broadridge Shadow Platform

Job description

Phyton Talent Advisors is seeking a Listed Clearing Specialist with hands-on experience across equity clearing, settlements, and back-office operations. You will support settlements, cash management, and client service for listed products, while managing DTC cash equity settlements, stock borrow/loan, and OCC options clearing.

Responsibility includes monitoring the full lifecycle, reconciling, processing dividends, and handling option expirations.