Foreign Exchange Consultant

A leading bank in South Africa is looking for a Confirmations Officer

Experience

• Have at least 2 years banking experience or Have suitable knowledge of:
• Suitable knowledge within Derivative Processing
• Derivative Product knowledge
• Foreign Exchange knowledge
• Be computer literate and have a good working knowledge of MS Office suite, Internet & MS Outlook.
• Is able to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels.

Education

• Must have Matric certificate
• BComm degree or SAFEX is an advantage
• Studies in Financial Market advantageous

Job Description

• Ensure that outgoing confirmations in respect of Foreign Exchange Derivatives (FXD), Interest Rate Derivatives (IRD) and Africa Desk are confirmed timeously and accurately.
• Matching incoming and outgoing confirmations for various FXD, IRD and Africa Desk products timeously and accurately.
• Monitoring all reports relating to FXD, and Africa Desk products via Intellimatch ,swift or manual confirmations received from counterparties
• Attend to all queries for FXD, IRD and Africa Desk products
• Reconcile the Murex to Calypso recon
• Reconcile the Murex to Xceptor recon
• Reconcile the MW/ Murex and DB clear recons
• To report and update Management Information accurately
• To provide excellent customer service to all internal and external clients.
• To update procedure manuals and controls regularly.
• To assist management with requests and queries
• To maintain and enhance the team spirit and work well in a team