INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES (IFDS)

Our Culture
Our employees tell us that the best part of working at IFDS is the people. Our culture is friendly, supportive, and inclusive.
It is important to us that you can show up at IFDS as your whole self, safely and confidently.
We are genuinely committed to ensuring that diversity, equity and inclusion are integrated into the fabric of all that we do.
We have multiple ERGs that provide spaces for people to connect and share. All of our ERGs are employee-led and fully endorsed by the senior management team.

Our Business
We are a world leading Transfer Agency that delivers premium service solutions to the world’s largest financial services companies. We have offices in Ireland and Luxembourg. Our close connections with our two shareholders, State Street and SS&C Technology Inc, ensures our global reach and access to advanced digital software solutions for our clients.

Registration DMC Screening, Senior Associate

Permanent Contract

Position Overview:

The DMC/Screening Team is in charge to complete some of the first line of defense tasks within the organization. Having a business support function within the Registration department, the team will take care of document management and screening of the registers Vs sanctions/PEP lists and negative news as well as transaction monitoring.

Registration – DMC/Screening Team Senior Associate will be responsible for the distribution of work within the team and will have direct client contact.

Responsibilities:

Demonstrate the ability to provide leadership and direction in a group environment.Demonstrate logical, analytical, critical and process thinking to identify, analyse and evaluate complex problems / issues.Maintains open communication channels.Initiate problem recovery, correction strategies, procedural and process enhancements; takes concrete steps to prevent and to reduce error reoccurrences in the future. Strongly adhere to existing procedures and controls in place and pro-actively react when foreseeing issues; ensure that procedural/ system changes are updated into the team procedures.Display good organizational skills in order to meet SLA deadlines and keeps well documented records.Ensures that checklists, job aids and working procedures are up to date and followed.Acting as a mentor to junior staff and provide coaching under the supervision of the ManagerExcellent administrative, organizational and business support skills, with the ability to multi-task and to work calmly under pressure.Maintains open communication channels with clients, peers and the Management.

Requirements:

Education:

Degree in Economics, Finance or Business Administration

Professional Experience:

5 – 7 years’ experience in banking operations (or financial services industry) preferably in Registration or Risk and Compliance functionTransfer Agency experience/ detailed understanding of procedures

Technical skills:

Good computer skills (MS Office: Excel, Word and Outlook…)Preferably some banking or financial services industry experienceExcellent administrative, organizational and business support skills, with the ability to multi-task and to work calmly under pressureDemonstrate logical and analytical abilities in order to identify, analyse and evaluate complex situations and contribute to their timely escalation and resolutionCommunicate effectively and efficiently with peers and managersStrongly adhere to existing procedures and controlsAbility to work accurately in a volume driven environmentProactive and able to work independently and as part of a teamAnalytical mind-set, attention to detailEnthusiastic with a positive can do attitudeSelf-starter, ability to work on own initiative.Excellent communication skills - fluent in English (written & oral)Other Languages (French, German, Dutch or Italian) are considered as an asset

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