Team Developer

Job Description

The Associate is a key member of the FO and OTC Clearing Team, supporting day to day clearing activities and other operational functions in the back office, in support of the customer and firm trades transacted on Futures Exchanges.

This person must be fairly knowledgeable in FO front to back systems flow and an ability to display an attention to details, and multi-tasking so as to manage daily time sensitive trade allocation process accurately to meet exchange closing and reporting requirements on the various FO Exchanges

This person will assist and ensure all top-day reconciliation for that clearing day is always completed and all regulatory reporting done as per the exchange rules and requirements, at the same time attending to all the email and phone queries on trade execution and allocations.

The person will also be working closely with internal teams such as the Reconciliation Control Team and the Client Services Representatives (CSR) Team to resolve suspense trades or position breaks and handle external clients enquiries that may result in the need to amend or transfer position between accounts internally or across brokers externally. It is the responsibility of the Operations Analyst from the FO Clearing team to ensure that the Exchange and all internal and external clients position are always reflecting correctly on the statements the next day.

There will be ad hoc requests or queries from management, traders and internal clients that will require an investigative and inquisitive mind to support and handle them professionally at the highest service level. This position will require a positive attitude and ability to work in a team environment.

The individual has to be self-driven and has the ability to question status quo and initiate small change work improvements on any manual processes that he/she comes across

Responsibilities

This person must be fairly knowledgeable in FO front to back systems flow and an ability to display an attention to details, and multi-tasking so as to manage daily time sensitive trade allocation process accurately to meet exchange closing and reporting requirements on the various PACRIM FO Exchanges i.e. SGX, ASX, HKEX and TFX/OSE/TSE. This person will assist and ensure all top-day clearing of trades for that clearing day and T+1 is always completed and all regulatory reporting done as per the exchange rules and requirements, at the same time attending to all the email and phone queries on trade execution and allocations. The person will also be working closely with internal teams such as the Reconciliation Control Team and the Client Services Representatives (CSR) Team to resolve suspense trades or position breaks and handle external clients enquiries that may result in the need to amend or transfer position between accounts internally or across brokers externally. It is the responsibility of the Operations Analyst from the FO Clearing team to ensure that the Exchange and all internal and external clients position are always reflecting correctly on the statements the next day. Apart from the daily clearing activities, this person will be expected to perform monthly and quarterly exercise and assignment settlement and delivery of expiring position in all the Futures and Option markets. There will be ad hoc requests or queries from management, traders and internal clients that will require an investigative and inquisitive mind to support and handle them professionally at the highest service level. This position will require a positive attitude and ability to work in a team environment. The individual has to be self-driven and has the ability to question status quo and initiate small change work improvements on any manual processes that he/she comes across.

Requirements

Education Bachelor s Degree from an accredited college or university

Experience Range At least 6+ years of relevant experience with an Investment Bank Operations, preferably in the Futures Options clearing, trade processing and settlement team.

Mandatory skills Meticulous, team player and able to perform under pressure

Independent, strong analytical skills, someone who can resolve issue by understanding the root cause and affect

Detail-oriented aptitude with a high degree of accuracy

Strong communication skills

Conversant in MS Words and Excel (macros inclusively)

Able to work on public holidays, late night, early morning and staggered hours

Investment banking knowledge

End to end Derivatives knowledge

Desired skills Understands GMI, SEALS, Clearvision and Exchange platforms

Work Timings 1:30 / 2:30 AM till 10:30 AM / 11:30 AM (Able to work on public holidays, late night, early morning and staggered hours)

Keyskills :
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