Securities Settlements Associate

Title: Securities Settlements Associate
Location:
New York, NY - Onsite
Duration: 6 months

Job Description: Securities Settlements is a dynamic team in Operations that processes and controls the settlement of all asset types, transfer of electronic and physical assets relating to company distributions, client trades, and the restructuring of client portfolios. Creativity, adaptability, effective communication, and commitment to excellence are key characteristics of successful team members. Through great relationship management and very detailed execution, we create the best solutions for our business and their clients.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare to gain a comprehensive understanding of the trade lifecycle by interacting with the business, middle office, legal, compliance, and external parties in order to work toward the shared goal

• Partner with expert teams to review assets and transfers from start to finish to ensure a seamless process for our clients

• Showcase your attention to detail by ensuring all transaction details are correctly captured

• Use your inquisitive mindset to identify control gaps with respect to transfer process. Propose enhancements to current processes in an effort to effectively mitigate risk

• Leverage your innovative skills to identify ways to continually progress current processes, mitigate risk for the firm and our clients by using precision in execution

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  Perpetuate the firm's tradition of excellence in the quality of our work, interactions, and services.

Skills:

• Proven analytical skills, problem solving ability, and a control mentality paired with meticulous attention to detail

• Aptitude for building relationships and ability to communicate complex issues and concepts to a wide array of internal partners with differing levels of product experience

• Self-motivated and proactive team player who takes ownership and accountability, has strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to effectively manage competing priorities

• Flexible and able to work well under pressure in a team environment

• Strong dedication to the culture of excellence of the firm

• Security Settlements experience

• DTC, Canada settlements

• Stock Loan and Security collateralization via Cash and US Treasuries

• 204, Reg Sho, Buy in related settlement processes

• Minimum 3-4+ years of relevant experience

• Preferably as a similar type of firm experience

• Middle Office or Trade support roles in global markets, preferably equities and fixed income

• Quick learner, team player, collaborative