Head - Equities Settlements

The role holder will be responsible for day to day running of the Equity settlements department covering a variety of Equities products across European domestic markets. Markets include UK Domestic (Crest), Italy, Spain, France, Greece and Belgium as well as emerging and Scandinavian markets. It includes Agent clear, Euro Clear, Ex-Moves, UK Domestic, Market Portfolio Settlements, Emerging markets and Reconciliations.

The role holder will provide ad hoc information to key stakeholders and will take responsibility for providing relevant management information (MI) to senior management and will use this information to predict trends and spikes in work volumes to plan the strategy and resourcing of their area.

Main Accountabilities

People Management and Leadership:

- The role holder will set stretching objectives for self and team and deliver against those objectives. They will lead, motivate, and develop teams to create a high performance culture and enhance the knowledge base, skills, talent and capability of the team.

Key clients (internal and external)

- The role holder will work with a number of key internal and external clients. These include the Front and Middle Offices, agent banks, clients, Euroclear and Crest. The importance of building a network and providing credibility to the broader stakeholder group is crucial.

Technical Skills/Competencies Professional/technical experience

- The right candidate will be responsible for the day to day management of seven settlement teams covering a variety of Equities products across domestic European markets.

Experience, qualifications and other requirements specific to the

- The role holder should have min 10-15 years of experience in investment banking industry and handled equities or fixed income settlements in last 5 years in similar capacity in other IB organizations.