Job Summary:

As a Trade Lifecycle Analyst, you'll be responsible for understanding securities settlements in the market, to accurately capture all transactions, mitigate settlement fails, complete reconciliation checks, and ensure controls are performed.

Job Responsibilities:

• Timely and accurate settlement of all eligible transactions
• Complete intraday / end-of-day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
• Work closely with other Operations functions and Middle Office groups to support a ‘one team approach’
• Ensure all controls are diligently performed, completed, and signed-off on a timely basis
• Clear and concise communication with all support teams to ensure the timely and efficient resolution of queries
• Participate and contribute to the various strategic initiatives; keep improving and evolving processes and business architecture
• Build an in-depth understanding of all settlement protocols across multiple platforms and markets, understand booking models and reconciliations.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Understanding Fixed Income securities, repo/reverse repo transactions, cash reconciliation.
• Knowledge of the front to back Operations process (including the key elements such as confirmations, settlements, regulatory reporting) and facilitate issue resolution across teams
• Understand the key elements of other infrastructure groups (i.e. Finance, Market risk, Credit risk, Operational risk, Legal, Collateral etc.) and recognize the impact of the actions of the Trade support team on these areas
• Must have clear communication skills and an ability to use these to work collaboratively, explain, and challenge, as appropriate
• Attention to details and sense of ownership
• Great team player able to work in a pressurized and changing environment
• Possess strong analytical and numerical skills