Trade Support - Equities

about the company.
The hiring company is the corporate and investment banking arm of a top-tier European banking group, ranking among the largest financial institutions worldwide. Headquartered in Europe, it operates a vast international network across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, EMEA, and the Middle East, primarily serving large corporate clients, institutional investors, and multinational companies.

Trade Processing & Settlement

• Ensure absolute transactional integrity within post-trade systems for all executions initiated by Front Office trading applications.

• Track and manage buy-sell transactions across equity and convertible bond markets, including repos, securities lending, standard shares, and corporate actions.

• Monitor the primary issuance of convertible bonds, alongside loan-to-loan and collateral transactions within the equity and bond markets.

• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of settlements, actively managing triparty activities and ensuring timely execution.

Investigation & Financial Control

• Manage the comprehensive lifecycle of loan-to-loan invoices, including issuance, receipt, and payment follow-ups.

• Conduct daily reconciliations to identify potential gaps in loan invoices and proactively follow up on defaults or payment delays.

• Perform deep-dive investigations into settlement discrepancies and resolve related outstanding operational issues.

Stakeholder Management & Continuous Improvement

• Act as a responsive and reliable partner to the Front Office (FO), addressing inquiries on current transactions and pipeline cases.

• Assist the Head of Back Office and Line Managers in executing global initiatives and departmental projects.

• Support the integration of new business lines and monitor ongoing transformation projects.

• Drive continuous improvement by optimizing management processes, drafting clear procedural specifications, and conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in close collaboration with IT, project, and management teams.

• Proven experience in Banking or Financial Services Operations, specifically within Capital Markets, Back Office, or Middle Office.

• Direct experience with Securities, Equities, Convertible Bonds, and related settlement processes.

• Strong understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle, clearing, and settlement processes (including familiarity with SWIFT, Euroclear, Clearstream, or local Asian depositories).

• Solid knowledge of post-trade systems, collateral management, and corporate actions.

• Experience with process optimization, user testing (UAT), or supporting operational transformation projects is highly desirable.