Securities Specialists - Custody Settlement

Securities Specialists - Custody Settlement

Full time office role (no remote, no home office)

Zurich, Switzerland

12 months contract

Responsibilities:

Securities Settlements

• Ensures end-to-end processing of free-of-payment portfolio transfers for our private clients.
• Coordinates along broad range of assets the alignment with all involved parties and captures instructions including monitoring of successful settlement in global markets.
• Receive and validate client settlement orders and process of exceptions on settlement orders.
• Match Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI’s) with enriching asset transfer transactions for counterparty custodians.
• Monitor, identify, and raise settlement fails on both position and cash side. Liaise with internal partners and external counterparties (e.g. custodian banks) in order to resolve breaks, issues, and queries.
• Repair and release of settlement instruction of custody transactions in the various markets worldwide but also manage clients’ e-mail queries related to existing/potential transactions

Skills and Experience:

•       1-3 years relevant experience in custody settlements

•       Good ?understanding of securities markets specifically functions of a custodian.

•       Knowledge of SWIFT messaging, typically MT54x settlement instructions

•       Understanding of securities markets specifically functions of a custodian bank.

•       Knowledge of Equities and Fixed Income products with an understanding of processing confirmations and settlements.

•       Profound experience in securities settlements (capturing, instructing & monitoring orders).