Trade Execution & Settlements Specialist

RMB - Rand Merchant Bank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

RMB - Rand Merchant Bank in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Trade Operations Specialist to support front office teams with confirmations, settlements and reconciliations across product sets, ensuring timely escalation to minimise risk.

You will execute trades, monitor settlements, reconcile positions, and load/modify Cession and Pledges with required approvals, while maintaining governance standards.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of strong operational experience in Global Markets.
• ACI Operations certificate will be an advantage
• Are proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Attention to Detail
• SWIFT messaging knowledge
• Regulatory and compliance awareness
• Financial markets and treasury knowledge
• Process improvement and automation
• Analytical thinking
• Time management and prioritisation
• Ability to manage high volumes under pressure
• Agile, flexible, able to adapt
• Resilient
• Team player
• Able to push boundaries and challenge the status-quo

Responsibilities

• Execute transactions consistently, efficiently, and accurately.
• Perform trade confirmation, settlement, and monitoring functions to minimum standards.
• Ensure segregation of duties across processing functions.
• Monitor system alerts to confirm settlements occurred successfully.
• Load/amend/delete Cession and Pledges with required approvals.
• Facilitate timely and accurate confirmations of trades to relevant parties.
• Escalate risks and issues to the relevant stakeholders.
• Reconcile positions daily and investigate breaks with Front Office.
• Review processes and suggest improvements to drive efficiencies.
• Maintain End of Day/Start of Day and intraday checks.

Skills

Global Markets experience

SWIFT messaging knowledge

Microsoft Office Suite

Attention to Detail

Regulatory and compliance awareness

Process improvement and automation

Analytical thinking

Time management and prioritisation

Team player

High-volume processing

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Job description

RMB - Rand Merchant Bank in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Trade Operations Specialist to support front office teams with confirmations, settlements and reconciliations across product sets, ensuring timely escalation to minimise risk.

You will execute trades, monitor settlements, reconcile positions, and load/modify Cession and Pledges with required approvals, while maintaining governance standards.