Senior Officer – Trade & Securities Settlement Operations
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About the Role
Datacube Consultancy & Solutions is hiring a Senior Officer for Trade & Securities Settlement Operations in Abu Dhabi. The role involves end-to-end securities settlement processing across domestic, regional, and international markets, ensuring accurate and timely trade execution.
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Responsibilities
- Responsible for end to end settlements processing in accordance with regulatory and compliance requirements
- Daily monitoring and processing of settlement processes covering domestic, regional, and international markets for products like equities, mutual funds, fixed income, hedge funds, structured funds, ETFs, securities lending and borrowing, and local market short selling
- Handle extremely complex settlement transactions across local, regional, and international markets
- Track and respond to internal and external client queries by providing clear detailed settlement information
- Communicate with various stakeholders like markets, sub custodians, agents, companies, depositories, brokers, issuers to ensure smooth settlement processing
- Ensure all trade related status reports/instructions are communicated to stakeholders in a timely manner
- Review and validate all transactions inputted by officer/specialist, escalate mismatches to VP
- Review clients' positions and holdings daily and reconcile positions with sub custodians and market
- Validate swift instructions inputted by officer/specialist into the system for VP to authorize
- Second level of reconciliation ensuring all appropriate checks are done
- Support VP as required for business as usual matters and projects
- Ensure controls and procedures are adhered to, monitor KPIs, KRIs, capacity planning, and submit incidents to VP
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- 3–5 years of experience in Securities Services, Custody Operations, Trade Settlements, or Investment Operations
- Strong understanding of securities settlement lifecycle across local and international markets
- Knowledge of custody operations, cash management, reconciliations, and SWIFT messaging
- Understanding of financial instruments including equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and other investment products
- Familiarity with market regulations, settlement practices, and operational risk controls
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
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Job Overview
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Officer – Trade & Securities Settlement Operations to join our team in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will be responsible for end to end securities settlement operations across domestic, regional, and international markets, ensuring accurate and timely p
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the end to end Settlements processing in accordance with regulatory and compliance requirements, with an increased focus on accurate and timely execution to enhance the client experience.
- Responsible for daily monitoring and processing of Settlement processes covering Domestic, Regional and International Markets for products like equities mutual funds, fixed income, hedge fund, structured funds, ETF Local and International Securities Lending and Borrowing, Local Market Short Selling
- Responsible for handling extremely complex settlement transaction across Local, Regional, International Markets. Processing responsibilities include the receipt of client, market / sub custodian instructions. Validating the correctness of all instructions. Ensuring the matching and settlement of ins
- Ensure to track and respond to internal and external clients queries by providing clear detailed Settlement information in line with the relevant market rules and regulations and Settlement best practise.
- Responsible for communicating with various stakeholders like Markets, Sub Custodians, Agents, Companies, Depositories, Brokers, Issuers to ensure smooth accurate timely Settlement processing.
- Ensure that all trade related statuses reports/Instructions are communicated to all stake holders in timely manners.
- Responsible to have excellent knowledge related to Settlements swift messages and usages of the same.
- Demonstrates reliability by taking necessary actions to continuously meet required deadlines and goals.
- Articulates information clearly and presents information effectively and confidently when working with others.
- Convince others by making a strong case, bringing others along to their viewpoint; maintains strong, trusting relationships while at the same time is comfortable challenging ideas.
- Participation in section related projects, system changes and upgrades and new client’s requirements and implementation of sub custodian / client SLA.
- Review processes and suggest and implement changes to enhance client satisfaction and reduce manual intervention and reduce overall cost.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience in Securities Services, Custody Operations, Trade Settlements, or Investment Operations.
- Strong understanding of securities settlement lifecycle across local and international markets.
- Knowledge of custody operations, cash management, reconciliations, and SWIFT messaging.
- Understanding of financial instruments including equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and other investment products.
- Familiarity with market regulations, settlement practices, and operational risk controls.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines.
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in Custody Services, Trade Settlements, Corporate Actions, Securities Lending, or Asset Servicing.
- Exposure to international settlement markets and sub custodian networks.
- Experience working with settlement platforms, SWIFT systems, and reconciliation tools.
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