As Custody Operations Breaks Management and Oversight Senior Associate you will be responsible for front to end processing of 1700+ clients, with $27.8 trillion Assets under Custody across 100 Global markets. This includes from Onboarding, Settlements, Client Service and Asset Servicing.
Job responsibilities
- Ensures all accounts across custody are known and certified periodically to ensure consistency in reporting
- Investigates and resolves complex issues and enquiries related to Nostro and internal breaks with timely issue identification and escalation with proposed remediation
- Oversees, reports and escalates Operations functions to other jurisdictions / Legal entities
- Identifies, drives and implements process improvements across Custody Operations in terms of break resolution. Collaborating with Operations, Product, Change Management and Tech to identify tech solutions (Auto-match / build enhancement etc.)
- Conducts spot checks to ensure effectiveness and consistency on the existing controls and breaks management on a periodic basis.
- Has Management, Stake holder Management and Presentations (Creating and delivering) skills
- Ensures clear well documented communication between internal teams ensuring SOPS and SLA’s
- Provides effective team communication through regular one-to-ones and team meetings providing information on changes impacting the team this includes but is not limited to market changes, functional moves and procedural / service changes.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Strong Custody background within Operations / Program Management / Risk & Control
- Strong People management skills & Communication skills
- Excellent understanding of program management standards and methods
- Experience working with high-performing teams in project execution
- Strong understanding of stakeholder management, management, risk management and operations
- Ability to create and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the firm
- Successful performance in a risk based environment with a proven track record of risk reduction
- Results based experience demonstrating strategic and analytical thinking.
- Track record of working in a changing environment with the experience of learning, documenting and implementing new processes efficiently.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills: Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Expertise on SOTF (Skills of the future) e.g. Tableau, Alteryx, AI, ML, etc.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Financial Services background, ideally within a Custody or Investment Bank environment
- Experience of Managing global teams within Custody Operations with experience in Trades, Settlements, Lending, Asset Servicing, Middle Office etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office & Project Management skills