Location: Edinburgh

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

The Securities Settlement SME is responsible for monitoring and settling trades via the local markets for against payment trades. Responsibilities include Equity & Fixed Income trades from pre-matching through to settlement as well as provider Subject matter expertise for multiple markets supported across the business

Role Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve any pre-matching issues, liaising with external parties as required

• Forecast & Monitor CAP requirements

• Follow up failed trades in order to ensure timely settlement

• Provide clients with timely accurate reports in line with specific requirements

• Resolution of ad-hoc queries by combining an understanding of the trade lifecycle with the ability to view processes end-to-end.

• Completion of testing and project work as required; allowing the smooth transition of new business.

 Operations Team Responsibilities

• Accuracy; to ensure that completion of daily tasks are true and accurate.

• Efficiency; to ensure that completion of daily tasks are executed in a timely manner and deadlines are met.

• Effective communication; to ensure that information is communicated effectively to necessary parties and in a timely manner for purpose of rapid resolution.

• Record keeping; to maintain records as required, ensuring the investment process is transparent to regulators and external auditors.

• Procedures; contribute to and maintain relevant and robust documented procedures.

• Information Systems; to make effective use of the Company’s information systems that are relevant to the role.

• Planning; to prioritise the work to ensure all activities are completed on time and within agreed deadlines.

• CPD; to develop professional and technical knowledge and skills via training & development in order to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements.

• Other tasks; to undertake any other projects/ tasks as may reasonably be required to facilitate the smooth operation of the company.

Experience Required:

• Qualifications: FS Industry recognised qualifications- IAQ, Investment Certificate or CFA or working towards.

• Significant experience in a similar role

• Experience in Against payment settlement across multiple markets

• Ambitious, driven and hardworking

• Able to work to deadlines with a high degree of accuracy

• Able to work in a fast paced and demanding environment

About FNZ:

FNZ is the market leading provider of technology and administration services to major financial institutions in the platform and wealth management sectors across the globe. We partner with life companies, banks, asset managers and discretionary wealth managers to enable them to develop and distribute financial products and services to their customers across all major distribution channels.

FNZ has a strong blue-chip customer base including Standard Life, Axa Wealth, JP Morgan, HSBC, AMP, National Australia Bank, Bank of New Zealand, Friends Life, UBS, Zurich Financial and Close Brothers Asset Management. It has helped these customers grow to over £330 billion of platform assets in aggregate. FNZ now employs over 1300 people with offices in Edinburgh, London, Bristol, Brno (Czech Republic), Wellington, Sydney, Hong Kong & Singapore

Opportunities

• Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies;

• Remuneration and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority;

• We provide significant financial rewards for high performing individuals; and

• We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, Czech Republic and across APAC.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.