Investment Middle Office Services provides post-trade activities acting in behalf of the client, allowing them to focus on their core value of creating and executing their investment strategies. Experience a regionally aligned operational footprint globally facilitating a “follow-the-sun” model.         

As a Trade Life Cycle Manager within the IMOS strategic platform, you will oversee daily post-trade operations for clients, which includes managing instruction capture, trade matching, confirmation, settlement, claims management, and reconciliations. Your role will offer a comprehensive view of the entire trade lifecycle. You will be tasked with ensuring the timely and accurate management of trades, conducting analysis to enhance efficiencies and straight through processing, and resolving exceptions in line with the required service level agreements.

Job responsibilities:

Capture all trade instructions in booking systems, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of service delivery in downstream Investment Middle Office Service (IMOS) systems and escalate issues for urgent matters or assistance Facilitate the end-to-end post-trade execution functions, from matching to settlements and investigate trade related exceptions Perform balance and transactional reconciliation of client records against street (custody / transfer agency/ brokers) from providing root cause analysis to resolving exceptions Partner with various global teams (internal and external) to resolve exceptions and trade issues: Client facing teams to communicate and resolve client issues; Broker/custodians and other relevant parties to meet settlement and market cut-offs;  Technology to report and solution system bugs/incidents  Manage new business initiatives from clients to support the business expansion opportunities  Support global and local projects on digital solutions, system enhancements, and market rule change

Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

Knowledge of financial products such as Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Collateral, Derivatives, Money Market and Cash Products Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams Strong verbal and written communication skills Ability to proactively identify risks and escalate issues Strong analytical and problem solving skills Ability to thrive in a changing work environment

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

Prior knowledge of the trade lifecycle, fund accounting and/or experience supporting trade business Background in derivatives and OTC instruments Self-starter who works in a fast paced, results driven environment with excellent multitasking and prioritization skills Good working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word Experience in automation tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, UiPath, Xceptor, Instabase