Equity Settlements Specialist

My client is a global financial organisation with a large office in the heart of Melbourne's CBD. They are world renowned, have a professional and motivated culture and their staff turnover is low due to multiple internal opportunities and a healthy work / life balance.

The Role

• Settle Fixed Interest and Equity trades across Australian and New Zealand markets.
• Analyse mismatched and failed trades. Liaise with internal and external counter-parties to calculate the source of the fail and resolve issues.
• Provide solutions to reduce the percentage of future fails.
• Be a key liaison for custodians, dealers, brokers and front office in relation to booking and settlement issues.
• Instruct the set-up of new trading counter-parties.
• Timely management and resolution of reconciliation breaks.
• Ensure operations procedures and controls are updated and meet internal and external audit requirements.

The Candidate

Successful candidates will have:

• At least 1 years fund operations experience, ideally within settlements or corporate actions.
• A strong working knowledge of equities and / or fixed income.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills.
• A motivated personality, which sees you constantly produce high quality work.
• A pro-active and confident attitude.

For more information, please apply to the role and I will respond to your application as soon as possible.

Julian Soames
Associate Director - Banking and Finance