Officer Ops Analyst Mkts Global Funding & jobs at Bank Of America in Singapore, Singapore

An opportunity has opened up to support Global Market Operations within the APAC Funding & Cash Management team. The position will require you to work closely with treasury dealers, securities settlements and other internal departments to manage day-to-day requirements. These include meeting daily cash cut-offs for payments, trade settlements and balance management of accounts while collaborating with the internal teams and stakeholders. Funding & Cash Management is a very fast paced, dynamic business and will require someone that is able to prioritize work load, meet deadlines and respond well under pressure.
• Process payments and funding in an accurate and timely manner
• Provide accurate and timely calculation of the bank’s daily obligations across multiple entities
• Investigate discrepancies to align funding projections figures across different business units
• Investigate and analyze discrepancies between cash and ledger.
• Support treasury on desk and stakeholders on various queries and projects relating to funding and payments
• Any other ad hoc duties/projects as required and assigned
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Proactive, confident and detail focused. Ability to coordinate with Treasury and Operational teams independently.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in a team environment and demonstrate experience meeting multiple daily cut-off's.
• Ability to liaise with all levels of the firm and people with different experiences and backgrounds
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised. Candidate will be able to manage own time and know when to escalate
• Strong team player able to work well independently and collaboratively with peers and stakeholders.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong analytical skills

Other Qualifications:

• Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions
• Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward
• Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs - is a continuous learner
• Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
• Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base
• Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world

• Quantitative, analytical, proactive, able to work under pressure while adhering to tight deadlines.
• Good understanding of the life cycle of a trade and related interactions between internal stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset to partner and help evolve the business.
• Confident and articulate communicator.
• Strong team player able to work well independently and collaboratively with peers and stakeholders.
• Control and risk focused. Able to initiate solutions to remediate problems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• 5+ years of investment banking experience, preferably in a trade support or settlements function.
• Ownership of day-to-day securities lending transactional processing for APAC markets.
• Trade bookings, amendments and exceptions processing.
• Position management and asset optimization.
• Management of counterparty exposure.
• Fails and inventory management.
• Supporting business growth by working closely with front office, technology and global operations teams.
• Support a risk focused culture. Anticipate risks and escalate appropriately.
• Foster an environment which constantly questions process inefficiencies and implements appropriate improvements.

This role requires candidate to come with aptitude for problem solving, attention to detail, a risk and control mindset, good communication skill and is able to build good working relationship with various internal and external stakeholders.

• Processing of instruction for Corporate Action events in an accurate, timely and consistent manner, in accordance with departmental procedures and to the agreed service level.
• Managing internal and external stakeholders on Corporate Action issues
• Adhering to documented procedures, control guidelines and compliance framework
• Attending to reconciliation breaks in accounts on a daily basis
• Ensuring that all queries are attended to and investigated promptly
• Supporting change by assisting in devising and implementing improved processes
• Participating in project initiatives and taking up ad hoc tasks as required
• Managing operational risk associated within the processes
• Tertiary education with a good academic track record
• At least 2 years of experience in Corporate Actions
• Strong knowledge of Corporate/Investment Banking within the Prime Brokerage space is preferred
o Prime brokerage are services that banks offer to financial institutions to hedge funds and similar clients – e.g. processing of Coporate actions – ranges from cash management, securities lending (loaning shares of stock, commodities) and etc.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Ability to prioritize heavy workloads and work efficiently in dynamic environment to meet deadlines
• An independent and proactive worker with strong communication skills

Job Description:

Job Description:

It is also the perfect path to a greater understanding of the activities that form part of a Service & Fulfillment and Operations organization, learning the flow all the way from client implementation and onboarding, opening new accounts, to a successful Service experience.

This role offers huge learning opportunities and opens a path into potential new avenues within the Global Banking Operations and the wider organization.

Responsibilities:

• Perform & strengthen Inline controls (ILQA) basis the ILQA script.

• Share QA automation opportunities.

• Complete assigned requests within strict deadlines independently.

• Perform extensive data analysis and deep-dive review to build test script and management reporting.

• Ability to listen and read native languages used in Japan, Korea to review client documentations (preferable).

• Attention to detail, accuracy, and completeness of testing to identify process gaps, exceptions, and process improvement opportunities.

• Support sustainability test for any new and existing audit issues.

• Able to develop comprehensive test scripts and provide training to support new test of controls requirements.

• Actively identify and early escalation of control deficiencies and gaps to discuss with line management, and initiate control recommendations.

• Proactively review internal LOB procedures, test scripts, results communication and reporting to ensure adherence to internal LOB guidelines.

• Exposed to multiple line of businesses (LOBs) to develop understanding of Bank end-to-end processes and business acumen.

• Maintain up-to-date working knowledge of the bank’s client access products/services, payment and trade capabilities, internal operations and local practices.

Skills:

• Minimum 3 years in Risk management and Quality Assurance experience.

• Knowledge of Treasury, Trade, Account opening or similar Banking Operations processes is required.

• Proven Experience in process automation with minimally VBA Macro skills is required.

• Capability to perform extensive data analysis and transform to management reporting.

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent experience.

• Excellent written and verbal presentation and communication skills.

• Excellent project management skills.

Responsible for conducting day-to-day activities to support business and clients globally by developing a deep understanding of the organization and services offered to resolve complex client inquiries. Key responsibilities include onboarding, servicing and offboarding clients, opening, maintaining, and reconciling account information. Job expectations include ensuring all activities are performed with a high degree of accuracy and comply with all regulations and policies while driving solutions that best meet our clients’ needs..
• Improves and simplifies the client experience, reducing manual touchpoints
• Ensures transactions are completed in an accurate and timely manner, managing escalations as needed
• Supports the preparation of frequent reports and other measures of data
• Drives operational initiatives both internally across the organization and with clients to drive efficiencies, increase revenues and reduce risk
• Identifies and flags potential risks in a timely manner
• Client facing experience and ability to conduct discussions with Clients in a confident manner.
• Strong communications skills and ability to manage other teams to ensure resolution of queries.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently. Candidate will be able to prioritize and know when to escalate.
• Excellent time management skills: Able to prioritize and handle high volume and time sensitive client queries.
• Demonstrate a logical approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work under pressure in a team environment potentially managing multiple projects/deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to liaise with all levels of the firm and people with different experiences and backgrounds.
• Demonstrate a high level of commitment and professional work ethic.
• Understanding of Markets Operations Trade lifecycle with ideally a focus on Settlements & Corp Actions.
• Fluent in written and spoken English, plus additional languages would be a benefit but not essential
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint/Excel/VBA) would be preferred.

Other Qualifications:

• Knowledge of industry rules and regulations, as well as common industry wide business practices.
• Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams, to drive innovation and unique solutions.
• Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward.
• Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs – is a continuous learner
• Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
• Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base.
• Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect, and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.

Responsibilities: Secure Code Review

• Deliver secure code review assessment on programming languages such as Java, C#, PHP, Python, Perl, C/C++ , SQL, >
• Analyze and identify security vulnerabilities in source code using both automated and manual static analysis tools and techniques.
• Train and assist developers in writing secure software and remediating existing vulnerabilities.
• Develop and review custom vulnerability description, business impact and remediation content.
• Develop, research, and recommend open-source tools assisting in secure code review.
• Contribute to development and delivery of secure coding and remediation training.
• Mentor and assist team members in effectively delivering assessments and enhancing skillsets.
• Key Lead in Release Based Testing Process and Td Mitigation Proposal Review Process.
• On Call Position – to approve change requests if needed.

Responsibilities: Pentesting

• Conduct thorough and comprehensive penetration testing on various applications, networks, and infrastructure using both manual and automated techniques.
• Identify vulnerabilities in a web applications, mobile applications, and manual code reviews.
• Document and report findings and provide actionable recommendations to improve security posture.
• Collaborate with other team members and application development teams to assess security risks and assist in remediation and mitigation strategies.
• Research and stay up to date with the latest trends, threats, and vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity industry.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, as well as other team members.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in conducting penetration testing and vulnerability assessments on various systems, networks, and applications.
• Proven experience in Secure Code Review.
• Expertise in using a range of penetration testing tools and techniques, including Burp Suite, Metasploit, and Nmap.
• Solid understanding of web applications, mobile applications, and databases.
• Experience in detecting, analysing and providing recommendation guidance on security vulnerabilities in at least two of the following languages: Java, C#, PHP, Python, Perl, C/C++ , SQL, >
• Hands-on experience conducting security focused static analysis using commercial SAST tools such as Checkmarx, Appscan Source, Veracode, Coverity, Fortify and SonarQube.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Relevant industry certifications such as OSCP a plus.

Experience and Education:

• University degree
• Information security certification / accreditation an asset
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• 3+ years of experience in application security including secure code review, web application penetration testing or threat modelling.
• Detailed understanding of the OWASP Top 10 and CWE Top 25 issues with focus on ability to identify and remediate vulnerability in source code.
• Ability to explain risk and business impact of security vulnerabilities in source code to variety of audience.

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Job Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the daily cleansing, analysis and maintenance of MVP data in the Asset Control system and for the accuracy of the same data within the source systems.
• Ensure instruments are set up accurately on TD Securities source systems in a timely manner
• Ensure that all late or missing market data uploads and related process metrics are recorded, documented and explained appropriately.
• Contribute to the broader Global Operations and Business Services group as a subject matter authority on market data
• Contribute to business objectives for operational excellence – identify, suggest and actively participate in improving standards, policies, procedures, and solutions
• Actively participate in developing, testing and implementing new or enhanced processes and other process improvement initiatives
• Provide accurate and thorough analysis of key process drivers, root or systemic causes of cross functional operational issues, interpret findings and make recommendations
• Ensure internal control processes are adequate and documented appropriately
• Conduct Business Acceptance Tests for system upgrades and patch releases
• Handle first level escalated issues and provide work guidance as a resource to others
• Contribute to the production of consolidated or aggregated reporting as appropriate
• Coordinate with partners on key initiatives and may act as a project lead/subject matter expert for small-scale projects/initiatives in accordance with project management methodologies

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of Market Data experience in a middle or back-office function with reporting responsibilities and exposure to various traded securities and derivative products.
• Market knowledge and a general understanding of the fundamentals of valuation.
• Exposure to operational metrics and emerging regulations would be an asset
• Self-motivated, well organized and positive attitude.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Bloomberg and Reuters knowledge would be an asset.
• Ability to work individually as well as part of a team.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills both verbally and written.
• Ability to adhere to strict deadlines and handle high volumes of work in a demanding environment.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge in Technology tools such as Alteryx/UiPath/VBA preferred.
• Working hours will be 9am to 6pm / 1pm to 10pm and on public holidays (on a rotational basis)

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.