Markets Operations - Securities Operations Lead

Markets Securities Operations is responsible for settlement, clearance, and asset servicing functions across all asset classes globally. The group consists of three core teams: Broker Dealer Settlement Operations, Markets Asset Servicing, and Regulatory Operations. Each year Securities Operations processes over 1.5 billion securities settlements & exchange executions, 2 million margin related collateral moves and issues over 40 million client statements across more than 70 markets including Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Middle East, and North Africa.

Role Description:

As part of the Markets Securities Operations leadership team, the Buenos Aires Head of   Markets Securities Operations is responsible for oversight and supervision of the monitoring, analysis, and processing of transactions in the offshored location in Buenos Aires and continuing to oversee the growth of the team in the location.

Our teams are instilled with the drive to succeed in a challenging environment and enforce the need for timely execution of deliverables. You will leverage your experience with various trading products and services to protect the firm’s global risk exposure. 

This role will partner with stakeholders in Operations, Technology, and other teams.

Job responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee the markets securities operations teams in Buenos Aires consisting of around 50 employees, to ensure timely and accurate processing, actively using metrics to monitor accomplishment of goals/performance levels and operational objectives
• Coordinate closely with the functional leads in the Markets Securities Operations management team to ensure consistency of process, controls and strategy across the global teams
• Attract, develop, and retain a high performance and diverse team. 
• Utilize data analytics to define and measure process performance and continuously seek opportunities to improve and mitigate risk across post trade processing.
• Manage associated resources and expenses within the targeted annual budget.
• Facilitate the adoption and usage of automation toolsets and AI-enabled solutions to create capacity opportunities and reduce manual process interventions.
• Ensuring clear integration and communication locally and dissemination of local management information and initiatives

The ideal candidate for this key leadership role is outcome-focused, control, metrics and people focused, and has demonstrated the ability to work within and navigate a matrixed environment. 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 12+ years of relevant Operations, Risk & Controls management experience within Financial Services; 
• Prior experience and strong knowledge of financial markets and products
• Analytical problem solver with excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to think strategically and to partner and influence relevant stakeholders 
• Ability to lead a control focused culture that nurtures excellence and transparency
• Ability to drive a culture of risk awareness and proactive risk identification and assessment
• Must be highly disciplined, and can execute in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
• Bachelor’s degree required

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Post trade services