Assistant Vice President - GFX Confirmation & Settlements - Investment Banking (12-15 yrs)
- The candidate needs to have a strong FX domain knowledge with adequate experience in FX Confirmations and settlements processes
- Ability to build and manage relationships with stakeholders globally
- The candidate needs to build and strengthen key client /sales relationship which is essential requirement of the FX corporate and institutional processes.
- Drives operations excellence by suggesting and implementing process improvements, industry initiatives impacting confirmations and settlements and working on various STP initiatives.
- Ensure that the process transactions are processed as per procedures,, the quality of the transactions is in compliance with predefined parameters
- Ensure that the targets are assigned in accordance with the SLAs are met
- Ensure that the quality of the transactions is in compliance with predefined parameters
- Ability to manage/lead the project /initiative across global teams by using the project management, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills are required with the ability to prioritize daily workload, work accurately and efficiently under pressure.
- Responsible for clearing of items on the daily exception reports, clearly escalate the exceptions /issues to local and onshore management teams.
- Ability to manage, understand and mitigate the process /operational risk, the candidate will be expected to understand and challenge team procedures to continually improve and build better controls and processes.
COMPETENCIES :
Operations Management :
- Understanding of Investment Banking, Fx and Derivatives,
- Thorough knowledge of trade life cycle for FX and Derivatives products with good understanding of risks and controls surrounding this function
- Understands and exhibits the importance of timely reporting and escalation of critical risks & non-compliance with policies, standards, and limits
Business Results :
- Anticipates risks and obstacles and devises plans to manage them
- Ability to work with across teams/locations to accomplish goals in a timely manner.
- Promotes continuous learning and development
People Leadership :
- Encourages and listens to the contributions of others in order to reach the right decision
- Makes sure there is a frank and open exchange of ideas among team members
- Makes decisions based on what is good for the whole organization, not just his/her business unit
Personal Effectiveness :
- Takes personal ownership for delivering superior services to clients
- Makes timely/tough decisions when they are needed and acts quickly in getting things done
- Demonstrates the ability to think out of the box and challenge the status quo.
Planning and Organization :
- Manages own time well, agreeing priorities. Multi-tasks effectively, work well under pressure and meets tight and changing deadlines.
- Organizes and runs effective project calls, meetings
Communication Skills :
- Communicates clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, at all levels within the organization
Requirements :
- Education : B.Com / MBA (Finance)
- Experience Range : Minimum 3-5 years of GFX confirmations and settlements experience, 12 to 15 years of total experience in the investment banking or financial services
Mandatory skills :
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and effective interpersonal skills
- Proven analytical skills including data reconciliation and interpretation
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy with an ability to notice minor discrepancies / issues
- Excellent FX domain knowledge
- Relationship management skills
- Stakeholder management
- Strong operations management and project management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and deliver results in a high pressured environment
- Ability to understand the process risk and ensure timely reporting and escalation of critical risks & non-compliance with policies, standards, and limits
- Ability to challenge the status quo and drive the automation /process efficiency.
Work Timings : EMEA/US - Should be flexible
Job Location : Gurugram
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